https://phys.org/news/2018-06-peering-atomic-pencil-paper.html

The simple strategy could help bring about ultrafast computer chips based on materials other than silicon.

"We were surprised to find that it was, in fact, so simple," says Jason Kawasaki, a UW–Madison professor of materials science and engineering. "With some pretty small tweaks, we could predict structures that were quantitatively very accurate."