Extreme pressure turns blue pigment into record-long single-atom copper chains

September 6, 2026 · 2:20 pm 1 sources

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• Extreme pressure turns blue pigment into record-long single-atom copper chains
  Phys.org · September 6, 2026 14:20
  As the electronics in our technology keep shrinking, traditional silicon-based chips are approaching their fundamental physical limits. Yet the wires connecting them might be able to shrink beyond conventional dimensions, as scientists have created one of the longest single-atom copper chains to…