Plastics, glass, and gels commonly used in our daily life are called amorphous bulk materials. These materials lack the ordered structure of crystals that most solids have when it comes to atomic composition. For researchers, this is a Solve the mystery.
The academic community generally believes that atoms are continuous. Whether the amorphous bulk material is continuous, and whether nanocrystals can be embedded in it is still a basic question.
Plastics, glass, and gels, also known as amorphous bulk materials, are everyday items for all of us. But for researchers, these materials have long been a scientific mystery-especially when it comes to atomic composition, this material lacks the strict crystal order structure found in most solids (such as metals, diamonds, and salts).
Recently, a new study published in "Nature" details for the first time the successful experimental growth of the first amorphous bulk material, atomic resolution imaging, and the study of the properties of two-dimensional amorphous carbon.
Developed by the team of the National University of Singapore and photographed by the Suzuaga Kazu Suenaga team of Tsukuba Science City, Japan, the first stable amorphous carbon monolayer ever made these problems a thing of the past.
Professor Pantelides' team work in Singapore and Tokyo remotely integrates experimental data, using theoretical basis and calculation results. By constructing a suitable model and combining the results of the microscope, a growth method using a cold substrate and a laser-controlled method to provide energy and produce a single-layer film brings new discoveries about the arrangement of atoms and electrical, mechanical, and optical properties.