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Paul McEuen
It's amazing that something only an atom thick can be an impenetrable barrier. You can have gas on one side and vacuum or liquid on the other, and with a wall only one atom thick, nothing would go through it.
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Paul McEuen is highlighting how a material that is just one atom thick can completely block anything from passing through it, despite being incredibly thin. This means that even when there is gas on one side and vacuum or liquid on the other, the barrier remains perfectly sealed and nothing can penetrate it.
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