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Glass does surprising things when stretched 1 atom wide. The discovery could help shrink electronics
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- Researchers found that glass narrowed to a single-atom-wide thread conducts heat in quantized steps.
- The thermal behavior is described as surprising for nanoscale structures.
- The discovery is presented as potentially useful for shrinking electronics.
Why it matters
As electronic components shrink, heat, electricity and energy have less room to flow, so how materials conduct heat at atomic scales matters for designing nanoscale electronics.
Who’s affected
- materials scientists and nanotechnology researchers
- electronics engineers working on miniaturized devices
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Smartwatches worn on millions of wrists today pack vastly more processing power than the computers that helped Apollo astronauts land on the moon. But the scientific drive to go tiny has come at a cost: It means heat, electricity and energy now have much less room to flow through…
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