The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail.

A single atom layer of gold: Researchers create goldene. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 04 / 240416115933.htm ...

Goldene is a gilded cousin of graphene, the iconic atom-thin material made of carbon that was discovered in 2004. Since then, scientists have identified hundreds more of these 2D materials .

Razor-thin crystalline film 'built atom-by-atom' gets electrons moving 7 ... seven times higher than in conventional semiconductors — with a material made from the same elements as quartz and gold.

Gold atoms have a tendency to clump together, so it’s hard to flatten them out into 2D sheets. The Linköping scientists started by sandwiching thin layers of silicon between layers of titanium ...

Label Observation Conclusion; 1: Most of the alpha particles passed straight though. Most of the atom is empty space. 2: A small number, (1%), of the alpha particles were deflected if they got ...