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Blue Phosphorus: How a Semiconductor becomes a Metal

The international team modelled a two-layer buckled honeycomb structure of blue phosphorus by means of highly precise calculations on high-performance computers. The compound is very stable and due to the very small distance between the two layers, it has metallic properties.

Blue phosphorus, an atomically thin synthetic semiconductor, becomes metallic as soon as it is converted into a double layer. The scientists describe the possibility of constructing nanoscale, highly efficient transistors consisting of only one element.

The results of these investigations were published as highlight article in the current issue of the journal Physical Review Letters.

The chemical element phosphorus is considered one of the most essential elements for life...

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