Just one atom thick, the magnet will allow researchers to perform previously impossible experiments.
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12 June 2017
This story originally stated that electron spins are arranged in opposite pairs in a semiconductor. It should be in a superconductor. The piece has been corrected to reflect this.
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Bourzac, K. Physicists have finally created a 2D magnet. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22115
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