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Metallic nanosheets fill the gap

Grain boundary engineering, by electrodeposition and demoulding of elemental metal from a van der Waals gap, gives rise to nanosheets with high electrical anisotropy.

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Fig. 1: Growth of 2D anisotropic metallic nanosheets confined by a van der Waals gap.

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Li, X., Han, Z.V. Metallic nanosheets fill the gap. Nat. Synth 4, 5–6 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00686-3

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