Using liquid gallium as an atomically smooth substrate enables the deposition of single-crystal layers of conducting two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks.
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Allendorf, M. Skating on thin gallium. Nat. Synth (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00532-6
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