# Large-scale single crystals printed layer by layer

A Nature study reports a layer-by-layer printing method that can produce large-scale single crystals. The advance could make it easier to fabricate patterned single-crystal materials for high-performance electronic and photonic devices.

**Importance:** 3/5

## Sources

### Science
- [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03257-y) — 2026-10-21