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Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast

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Why No Transparent Metals Exist?

Before this conversation, i was not even aware that transparent metals existed. Same i was aware that there was somebody who treated a tree bark and made a transparent material out of tree bark. And so now imagine, like, if you could take that glass and have it be conducting just in certain parts, like, you can make wild stuff with it. So they actually uta very thin, what's called a transparent conducting oxide on the top of every solar panel. On your phone screens, right? This is a glass screen on my phone. The reason i can like, get the properties of being able to swipe and tap and do all these things with it is because we have transparent conducting ox

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