different between stanene vs germanene

English

Etymology

Blend of stannum +? graphene (stannum +? -ene) from Latin stannum (“tin”) and graphene, due to the analogous situation of tin in the material to carbon in graphene, being a two-dimensional layer one-atom thick.

Noun

stanene (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) a two-dimensional layer of tin one-atom thick, which is a topological insulator (conducting electricity only along its edges).

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Anagrams

• Tannese, neatens

Middle English

Adjective

stanene

1. Alternative form of stonen

English

Etymology

germanium +? -ene

Noun

germanene (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene
   • 2012, Friedhelm Bechstedt, Lars Matthes, Paola Gori and Olivia Pulci, "Infrared absorbance of silicene and germanene", Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 261906 (27 June 2012) p. 261906-1

     Calculating the complex dielectric function for optical interband transitions we show that the two-dimensional crystals silicene and germanene possess the same low-frequency absorbance as graphene.

   • 2013, Lars Matthes, Olivia Pulci and Friedhelm Bechstedt, "Massive Dirac quasiparticles in the optical absorbance of graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 25 #39 (4 September 2013) 395305 p. 395305-1

     We present first-principles studies of the optical absorbance of the group IV honeycomb crystals graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene.

   • 2014, M E Dávila, L Xian, S Cahangirov, A Rubio and G Le Lay, "Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene", New J. Phys. 16 095002 (9 September 2014) p. 095002-2

     After the successful synthesis of silicene in 2012, which was followed by a surge of studies on elemental, novel two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene, a daunting quest was to obtain germanene, the germanium-based analogue of graphene, already predicted to possibly exist in 2009.

Related terms

• borophene
• graphene
• silicene
• stanene
• tinene

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