Scalable cobalt silicide nanoflakes yield 10X lower resistance/ 100X greater current-carrying capacity than equivalent copper interconnects

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-material-gets-better-at-conducting-electricity-the-thinner-it-gets

"both compared at 20 nm thickness... as copper microchip interconnects shrink, electrical resistance rises due to increased electron scattering at wire's surface (resistivity size effect)... overcome: single-crystal cobalt silicide, exhibiting lower resistance as get thinner, driven by quantum mechanical surface states facilitating smoother electron flow... maintain low signal loss up to 40 GHz/ remain thermally stable under high operational stress... viable replacement for copper in microchip manufacturing"