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A variety of two-dimensional materials quickly degrade when exposed to oxygen and water vapor, and the protective coatings developed thus far are expensive and toxic and cannot be taken off. Now, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and elsewhere has developed an ultrathin coating that is inexpensive, simple to apply, and can be removed by applying certain acids.
