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Knocking out metal atoms

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Metal vacancies capable of generating magnetism can be created in 2D semiconductors by atomic-scale etching induced by electron-beam irradiation.

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Fig. 1: The creation of Nb vacancies by the knock-out of metal atoms from NbS2 using electron-beam irradiation.

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