The new material can revolutionize electronics.

"Scientists have developed a method to turn molybdenum disulfide into a range of electronic states, including a superconductor, just by adding potassium ions and tweaking temperature. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, One Material, Four Behaviors: Superconductor, Metal, Semiconductor, and Insulator) 

"RIKEN scientists have discovered how to manipulate molybdenum disulfide into acting as a superconductor, metal, semiconductor, or insulator using a specialized transistor technique." (ScitechDaily, One Material, Four Behaviors: Superconductor, Metal, Semiconductor, and Insulator) 

Molybdenum disulfide is an interesting material. It can act as an insulator, semiconductor, and metal superconductor. This means the system can manipulate this material's roles. If one material can have different roles. That can make it easier to make miniature microchips. The system can control the point where the material lets electricity and data travel into the processor. If that can made using some economic thing that can help to create miniature microchips that can make new miniaturized technology possible. 

"By inserting potassium ions and adjusting conditions, they could trigger dramatic changes in the material’s electronic state—unexpectedly even turning it into a superconductor or insulator. This new level of control over a single 2D material could unlock exciting breakthroughs in next-gen electronics and superconductivity research." (ScitechDaily, One Material, Four Behaviors: Superconductor, Metal, Semiconductor, and Insulator) 

The superconducting state might require a very low temperature. But even if the system can manipulate the states of that material in high temperatures. 

This kind of material is a gift for microchip manufacturers. If they can manipulate the state of material between semiconductors and insulators they can make new types of switches and gates in computers. 

The system can use molybdenum disulfide as material for microchips and especially gates that control electric flow. That material can turn more effective microchips into marketing. 

And then another way is that this kind of system can allow the creation of new small-size microchips required in mobile technology. The miniature systems require miniature computers. 

Independently operating miniature systems require powerful miniature systems. 

Miniaturized computers are required in small-size nanotechnical tools like independently operating quadcopters and miniature submarines. 

Those systems can operate independently.  Even small-size quadcopters can operate for years without service. If they use so-called nuclear isotopic batteries. The system can operate underwater and airborne. They require miniaturized technology for independent operations. 

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