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Layered materials
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Material_science/N5HrXRYW">material science</a>, layered materials are solids with highly anisotropic bonding, in which two-dimensional sheets are internally strongly bonded, but only weakly bonded to adjacent layers. Owing to their distinctive structures, layered materials are often suitable for <a href="/facts/Intercalation_reaction/YsayFumX">intercalation reactions</a>. </p><p>One large family of layered materials are metal dichalcogenides. In such materials, the M-chalcogen bonding is strong and covalent. These materials exhibit anisotropic electronic properties such as thermal and <a href="/facts/Electrical_conductivity/akyCKvMy">electrical conductivity</a>. </p>