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germanene

germanene noun: an allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene.

Noun

germanene (uncountable)

  1. An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene
    • 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.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
    • We present first-principles studies of the optical absorbance of the group IV honeycomb crystals graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene.2013, Lars Matthes, Olivia Pulci, Friedhelm Bechstedt, “Massive Dirac quasiparticles in the optical absorbance of graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene”, in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter...

Origin of germanene

From germanium + -ene.

Questions about germanene

What does germanene mean?
Germanene means an allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene.
What part of speech is germanene?
Germanene is a noun.

Words near germanene in the dictionary

  1. germanders
  2. germanderwort
  3. Germandom
  4. germane
  5. germanely
  6. germanene
  7. germaneness
  8. germanes
  9. Germanesque
  10. Germanest
  11. Germanhood

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