Animation of a van der Waals thin film (VIDEO)

University of California - Los Angeles

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An animation showing how van der Waals thin films work. On the left, the layered patchwork design enables the membranes to stretch and flex over irregular geometries. On the right, a film with single continuous layers breaks upon stretching.

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Yan et al./UCLA

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