Thinnest Piece of Glass is practically two dimensional: only 2 atoms thick - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Del91;42173003]So what kind of properties does an atom thick layer of glass bring to the table?[/QUOTE] [quote]Besides its sheer novelty, Muller continued, the work answers an 80-year-old question about the fundamental structure of glass. Scientists, with no way to directly see it, had struggled to understand it: It behaves like a solid but was thought to look more like a liquid. Now, the Cornell scientists have produced a picture of individual atoms of glass, and they found it strikingly resembles a diagram drawn in 1932 by W.H. Zachariasen – a longstanding theoretical representation of the arrangement of atoms in glass. “This is the work that, when I look back at my career, I will be most proud of,” Muller said. “It’s the first time that anyone has been able to see the arrangement of atoms in a glass.” What’s more, two-dimensional glass could someday find a use in transistors, by providing a defect-free, ultra-thin material that could improve, for example, the performance of processors in computers and smartphones.[/quote] Ah.

[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;42172942]It wouldn't. It would break upon impact, hell it would probably break before impact. A sharp object still meets resistance regardless of how sharp it is.[/QUOTE] I don't think it'd even have a chance to slice through because of electromagnetic repulsion.

[QUOTE=Dark-Energy;42172335]even if it was unbreakable it would still not do anything to your hand if it sliced through it, considering it's so small it practically passes through organic tissue like it's a medium (a piece of thin paper travelling through air, water etc)[/QUOTE] Except that your hand is not a medium that is as easily dispersed as water, and it would probably slice up your important DNA bits up pretty well.

[QUOTE=wallyroberto_2;42173245]Except that your hand is not a medium that is as easily dispersed as water, and it would probably slice up your important DNA bits up pretty well.[/QUOTE]"So yeah, if you walk over here you ca.. HOLY FUCK AAHHH WHY DID MY HAND FALL OFF!" "I don't know dude, there was nothing there!" "CALL AN AMBULANCE AND A WIZARD PLEASE OH GOD"

That could make great safety glass for stunts if it's that thin, unless it being so thin means it treats you like a paper shredder.. Then that might not be such a hot idea.

[QUOTE=Dark-Energy;42172335]even if it was unbreakable it would still not do anything to your hand if it sliced through it, considering it's so small it practically passes through organic tissue like it's a medium (a piece of thin paper travelling through air, water etc)[/QUOTE] You do realize that a piece of paper displaces air when it travels through it... right?

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42173282]"So yeah, if you walk over here you ca.. HOLY FUCK AAHHH WHY DID MY HAND FALL OFF!" "I don't know dude, there was nothing there!" "CALL AN AMBULANCE AND A WIZARD PLEASE OH GOD"[/QUOTE] not only that but if anybody's read the golden compass, you'd know that the wound would never stop bleeding unless you found bloodmoss which doesn't exist on this plane of existence!

[QUOTE=Daemon White;42172125]Imagine how sharp that is... it's a thin blade 2 atoms thick. Sure, it may break, but if hit at the right angle...[/QUOTE] Are you serious?

[QUOTE=Dark Descent;42172120]Do they have any pictures of the pane?[/QUOTE] Can they? Would the earth rotation itself shatter it?

It's already broken I don't know what you guys are talking about.

Guys, I am sorry to shatter your dreams, but glass stops being rigid even in far less microscopic dimensions - glass fiber already easily bends, and you can see that with naked eye. The sheet the guy made would, as a larger piece, not shatter at all. It wouldn't cut anything either, tho. It would behave something like a very fine silk cloth or like a wet napkin, with almost no resistance to bending, and probably would just clump together.

I wonder what its young's modulus or stiffness is.

[QUOTE=Trogdon;42172084]It's going to be used in the next iPhone so it shatters even quicker than before[/QUOTE] Revolutionary!