antimonene
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Etymology edit
From Blend of antimony + graphene.
Noun edit
antimonene (uncountable)
- (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of antimony that has an almost two-dimensional structure similar to graphene
- 2016, Yuanfeng Xu, Bo Peng, Hao Zhang, Hezhu Shao, Rongjun Zhang, Hongliang Lu, David Wei Zhang, Heyuan Zhu, “First-principle calculations of phononic, electronic and optical properties of monolayer arsenene and antimonene allotropes”, in arXiv[1]:
- Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi Te and Sb Te , which displays semiconducting properties.