Watch out Silicon Valley

For many years, scientists have struggled to create a material which conducted electricity 100%. To create many of these materials, scientists combine tin with fluorine. Tins conductive properties combine with flourine's greater heat resistant properties which create a 100% efficient conductor of electricity, stanene. With its heat resistance at at least 100 degrees Celsius, this new super material is able to operate the temperatures computer chips operate. By keeping the electric charge on the outside of the material or on the surface, the material is perfectly efficient in conducting electricity. Isn't that electrifying!? (buh dum tsss). These super qualities given to this material are made possible by the unorthodox interactions occurring between the electrons and nuclei of atoms. Member of the research team Shoucheng Zhang notes this new material will largely reduce energy consumption and as well as heat produced from computer processes. Zhang also notes possible problems in the meager amounts of tin deposited into the earth annually as well as the delicacy of the material during manufacturing. Still, Zhang believes this stanene could one day rival the role of silicon in the computer industry. Read more in the article: http://www.chemistrytimes.com/research/Will_2-D_tin_be_the_next_super_material.asp

First of all, people should marvel at the fact these scientists are capable of manufacturing a single layer of tin. Such precision must not be easily achieved. Upon reading this article, I really wondered how the electrons behaved in the stanene when administered electricity. I know when metals are heated, light is produced when electrons begin returning to ground state, but I really wonder how this electricity is transferred from one atom to another. Also people must realize how imperative computers are in some areas of life. For example, I instantly think of the stock market in which advanced computers operate at incredible speeds, and this new material could even improve this speed. Also I thought of computers such as IBM's super computer "Watson." If computers such as these or even more advanced computers to become more prevalent in our everyday lives, then materials such as stanene would not only save money and energy, but it would also improve performance. Thanks to our understanding of chemistry, atoms, and the properties of elements, so many possible advancements have risen to the surface of the science world!