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Quantum effects make magnetene surprisingly slippery

19 Dec 2021 Isabelle Dumé
low-friction magnetene
In the lab: PhD candidate Peter Serles places a sample of magnetene in the atomic force microscope. New measurements and simulations of this material show that its low-friction behaviour is due to quantum effects. Courtesy: Daria Perevezentsev/University of Toronto Engineering
The ultra-slippery nature of a two-dimensional material called magnetene could be down to quantum ef

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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World
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