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MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers

Their technique could allow chip manufacturers to produce next-generation transistors based on materials other than silicon.

By depositing atoms on a wafer coated in a “mask” (top left), MIT engineers can corral the atoms in the mask’s individual pockets (center middle), and encourage the atoms to grow into perfect, 2D, single-crystalline layers (bottom right).

Grown-to-order plant materials: tissue engineering meets plant cell culture for tunable production

February 15, 2023 - 12 to 1pm

Ashley Beckwith, MIT

IAB2023

January 26, 2023

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MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials on industrial silicon wafers

Grown-to-order plant materials: tissue engineering meets plant cell culture for tunable production

IAB2023