---
title: "Physicists bind single-atom sheets with the same force geckos use to climb walls"
description: "Physicists at the University of Kansas have fabricated an innovative substance from two different atomic sheets that interlock much like Lego toy bricks"
date: "2014-11-25"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Matthew Lincoln"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/justmatt"
url: "https://futurism.com/physicists-bind-single-atom-sheets-force-geckos-use-climb-walls"
categories:
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "materials"
---

# Physicists bind single-atom sheets with the same force geckos use to climb walls

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/physicistsbi.jpg>)

- The researchers said the new material is made of a layer of graphene and a layer of tungsten disulfide, and could be used in solar cells and flexible electronics
- The researchers said that they want to build artificial materials with synergistic functionality
- The approach is to design synergistic materials by combining two single-atom thick sheets that could for example act as a photovoltaic cell as well as a light-emitting diode