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Single Atom Excels as the Smallest Functional Material
Author(s) -
Zhang Wei,
Zheng Weitao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201600240
Subject(s) - atom (system on chip) , characterization (materials science) , materials science , nanotechnology , field (mathematics) , engineering physics , physics , computer science , mathematics , embedded system , pure mathematics
The emerging single‐atom field spans single‐atom catalysis in chemistry and single‐atom manipulation in physics up to the state‐of‐the‐art characterization via imaging and spectroscopy. These interdisciplinary progresses have been interacted closely with the development of materials science, underscoring the principle that the single atom excels as the smallest functional material. This simple concept not only permits to reinvent our understanding of the nature of materials, but also promises unambiguously to have a great impact on other physical sciences.