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Single-Atom Layer of Tin May Be a New Wonder Conductor

Posted by timothy on from the but-does-it-have-heart? dept.

At Kurzweil AI, an article proclaims that the next wonder material for computer chips may be an unexpectedly common one: "Move over, graphene. 'Stanene' — a single layer of tin atoms — could be the world’s first material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures that computer chips operate, according to a team of theoretical physicists led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University." (Original paper is available here, but paywalled.)

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  1. Re:I call bull by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    AC, Superconductor. Superconductor, this is AC.

  2. Great... by Cryacin · · Score: 4, Funny

    NOW they tell me my tinfoil hat in fact amplifies my brainwaves to be read. THANKS A LOT LONE GUNMEN!

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    1. Re:Great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I built my tin foil hat out of actual tin that I myself mined and produced, you insensitive clod!

  3. Re:Single layer by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    the fact that these conductive strips is pretty important too

    Did you accidentally a word?

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  4. Re:100 percent efficiency? by bunratty · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check your calculator. According to mine, 1 000 000 / 999 900 = 1.000 100 010 001

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  5. Re:100 percent efficiency? by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still using that old Pentium, eh?

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