• Question: what is the limits for the thinnest materials and why is thinner better?

    Asked by thechickenflys21 to Thanasis, Laura, Nicola, Norman, Sandra on 12 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by purplesherbet, david1543, lemc10.
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      Thanasis Georgiou answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Electronics have been advancing the last 50 years or so my the process of miniaturization. That means, that the electrical components inside, for example, a computer chip become smaller and smaller. This means that you can fit more components inside the same area, which in turn will mean you have more processing power, without needing more space. The same goes for

      The limits for having a material is just to have one atom of that material. Since the atom the building block of all matter, you need to have at least one in order to have a material at all!

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