atomically
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While effective in many cases, this design keeps the strongest optical fields away from the surface where atomically thin materials sit.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
Similar effects may occur in atomically thin magnetic materials, where even small movements can alter magnetic order.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
The problem with etching patterns with atomically precise beams of light is that the material you shine it on also has to be atomically precise, or the pattern comes out blurry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
To separate the effects of light from those of excitons, the team studied an atomically thin semiconductor.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
We are each so atomically numerous and so vigorously recycled at death that a significant number of our atoms–up to a billion for each of us, it has been suggested–probably once belonged to Shakespeare.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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