Unlimited combinations possible for new range of atom thick materials

An international team of researchers has developed what they claim is a way to make atomically thin layers of almost all conceivable transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs). These two dimensional materials have a wide range of potential uses from electronics to catalysis, but until now only a small selection have been studied as they are so hard to make. TMCs are combinations of transition metals and the chalcogen elements found in group 16 of the periodic table.