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van der Waals heterostructure

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Definition

A sandwich of one-atom-thick crystal sheets stacked on top of each other to make new materials.

A layered material formed by stacking 2D crystals held together by van der Waals forces, used to engineer novel electronic and quantum phases.

Also called: van der Waals heterostructures

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