An Unexpected Third Material (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

An Unexpected Third Material

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Researchers have found that the gallium arsenide and bismuth telluride are actually separated by a thin layer of a hitherto unsuspected third material -- gallium telluride. The materials are held together by the weak forces of van der Waals bonds.

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James LeBeau, North Carolina State University

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