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Is it possible to have a two-dimensional object?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Make Things Smaller Than the Smallest Resolution of the Universe?

An electron has an extent in space which is much more significant than the fundamental unit of space. If you could build a material like that, where the electrons only move in two dimensions, then you might consider that to be a two dimensional material. The thinnest unit for space is really, ly, really thin. But the thinnest uniform, an electron, is much, much larger.

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