Last month there is a news of a novel discovery of one layer of atomic gold that can act as semiconductor ala graphene hence they called it goldene [1]. This ca

Last month there is a news of a novel discovery of one layer of atomic gold that can act as semiconductor ala graphene hence they called it goldene [1]. This can be really expensive innovation but given the ubiquitous nature of gold in the semiconductor wire bonding industry they might as well use the gold for the IC itself since one layer of atomic gold is puny. [1] Goldene: A single atom layer of gold: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40071956 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40071956