Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) have predicted and then analytically validated the presence of unusual hexagonal thin films of NaCl on a diamond surface. Skoltech Ph.D. student Kseniya Tikhomirova, Dr. Alexander Kvashnin of Skoltech, and Professor Artem R. Oganov of Skoltech along with their partners perform only a computational study of the development of new 2D structures on various substrates, driven by the assumption that if a substrate associates strongly with the NaCl thin film. These sheets may be beneficial as gate dielectrics for field-effect transistors in electric vehicles and telecommunication devices.
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