Molybdenite provides advantages over silicon, graphene

摘要

Researchers at Switzerland's EPFL (Ecole Polytech-nique Federate de Lausanne) are touting molybdenite, or MoS_2, for use in electronics ( ). Using the material would enable manufacturers to develop smaller and more energy-efficient electronic chips. The mineral is abundant in nature, but no one had previously studied it for use in electronics.