For now, it's not known exactly what properties these exotically thin metal sheets may have, but their relatively large sizes are said to create new possibilities for practical applications.

Du says the process was conceived eight years ago, but only recently bore fruit when the team discovered that the MoS 2 layers kept the thin metal sheets stable. “A single layer of free-standing ...

Aluminium drinks cans make a great source of thin sheet metal which can be used for all manner of interesting projects, but it’s safe to say that retrieving a sheet of metal from a can is a ...