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Applying strain to tiny needles of diamond can transform their electronic properties from insulating, through semiconducting, to highly conductive.
Scientists have found a way to arrange 2D sheets of tungsten disulfide into a 3D configuration known as a nanomesh, which has a modified energy landscape.