Two-dimensional nanomaterial expands counter-intuitively under tension
Expanding material under tension usually results in a decrease in width, similar to inflating a balloon. However, a groundbreaking development by PhD student Noah Stocek and physicist Giovanni Fanchini at Western University exhibits a rare counter-example. At Interface Science Western's Tandetron Accelerator Facility, Stocek and Fanchini engineered two-dimensional tungsten semi-carbide nan