Question: Researchers from which of the following countries have discovered 2D magnet?
(a) America
(b) China
(c) Germany
(d) France
Ans: (a)
Related facts:-
- According to paper published on 7 June in science journal Nature, researchers of University of Washington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered the first single-layer 2-D magnetic properties in the world.
- This 2D magnet is made up of a compound named Chromium Triiodide ( CrI3 ).
- Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a condensed-matter physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, and Xiaodong Xu, an optoelectronics researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle have succeeded in this discovery.
- The 2-D magnet can pave the way for more organized and effective tools.
Related Links:-
https://www.nature.com/news/physicists-have-finally-created-a-2d-magnet-1.22115
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-have-discovered-the-first-2d-magnet/
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/06/07/scientists-discover-a-2-d-magnet/