For instance, the ultra-thin layers of graphene (a two-dimensional form of graphite) are formed by injecting liquid solutions containing carbon and silicon into an extremely hot, ionised gas (plasma) of argon.

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Yet he also absorbed the daring new techniques that were emerging at the time, illustrated here by the work of Masaccio and Uccello with their grasp of three- dimensional form and the rules of perspective.

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Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick realized our DNA molecules form a three-dimensional double helix in 1953.

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It was already known that six is the minimum number of water molecules needed to form a three-dimensional structure.

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Three-dimensional printers, which gradually layer materials to form shapes, are widely used in manufacturing.

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