Semiconducting inorganic double helix
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 05:04
in Physics & Chemistry
It is the double helix, with its stable and flexible structure of genetic information, that made life on Earth possible in the first place. Now a team has discovered a double helix structure in an inorganic material. The material comprising tin, iodine and phosphorus is a semiconductor with extraordinary optical and electronic properties, as well as extreme mechanical flexibility.