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Stanene is ’100% efficient’, could finally replace copper wires in silicon chips

Stanene is ’100% efficient’, could finally replace copper wires in silicon chips

Move over, graphene and carbyne — stanene, with 100% electrical efficiency at temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius (212F), is here, and it wants to replace the crummy, high-resistance copper wires that are a big limiting factor in current computer chips. Where graphene is a single-atom-thick layer of carbon, stanene is a single-atom-thick layer of tin. Modern computer chips, such ...

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