The prospect of television spread on the wall

Scientists have come up with a new kind of material that can pave the way for a thin and flexible television that is "scary".

Plates used as industrial lubricants, about one molecule thick, marked the beginning of a new era of transparent, tough, thin electronic devices. a research expert in this field.

Materials molybdenum disulfide

The material, called molybdenum disulfide , is similar to the graphene metamaterial that experts have studied since 2004. Unlike graphene, molybdenum disulfide has a property called bandgap .

"Bandgap is the most important feature of any material used for electronic applications ," said MIT Associate Professor Tomas Palacios.

Palacios explained that the bandgap allows a semiconductor to be present on the device.

The potential of the new material is very wide, from the size of the living room wall to the sensor-filled buildings, or the integrated mobile phone to the clothes.

Molybdenum disulfide even allows the application of glass, which helps produce screens on office windows or glasses, perfecting the concept of computer glass by Google, according to a report in the Nano Letters.

Prior to realizing the above scenarios, Palacios said the next step was to find a way to make molybdenum disulfide panels in a manageable form.