They were able to do this by taking advantage of atomic "vacancies," which trap and anchor the metal atoms and prompt them to form single-layer clusters. The method has huge potential, as the team ...

The team developed a method to separate the layers and reassemble them to form a type of filter that eliminates other elements in water.

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