Molybdenum Diselenide (IMAGE)

Rice University

Molybdenum Diselenide

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A sequence shows a molybdenum diselenide sample mounted on a nanomechanical measuring device at Rice University, where scientists determine the material is far more brittle than they expected. The atom-thick material is progressively stretched in the photos, clockwise from top left, until it completely splits. The researchers suspect defects as small as a single atom are the starting point for the brittle behavior.

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Lou Group/Rice University

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