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Confined fluxes mediate 2D growth

Atomically thin materials have exciting physicochemical properties but multi-element and non-layered 2D materials are difficult to prepare by conventional methods. Now, a flux-assisted method is reported, enabling the synthesis of such 2D materials by confining reaction space.

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Fig. 1: Flux-assisted growth of non-conventional 2D materials.

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Kim, H., Yoo, Y. Confined fluxes mediate 2D growth. Nat. Synth 1, 833–834 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00185-3

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