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silicene

silicene noun: a monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.

Noun (1)

silicene (countable and uncountable, plural silicenes)

  1. A monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.
    • Thus, silicene has the same structure as a graphene sheet but it is composed of Si atoms instead of C atoms.2007, Gian G. Guzmán-Verri and L. C. Lew Yan Voon, "Electronic structure of silicon-based nanostructures", Phys. Rev. B 76, 075131 (30 August 2007) p. 075131-1
    • However, silicene, the counterpart of graphene for silicon has not been found until now, although it has attracted strong theoretical attention since several years.2010, Bernard Aufray, Abdelkader Kara, Sébastien Vizzini, Hamid Oughaddou, Christel Léandri, Benedicte Ealet, Guy Le Lay, “Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of...

Noun (2)

silicene (plural silicenes)

  1. Any short-lived, reactive species R₂Si: analogous to carbenes.

Forms of silicene

pluralsilicenes

Origin of silicene

Blend of silicon + graphene, due to the similarity of the silicon layer to carbon in graphene.

Blend of silicon + carbene.

Questions about silicene

What does silicene mean?
Silicene means a monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.
What part of speech is silicene?
Silicene is a noun.
What is the plural of silicene?
The plural of silicene is silicenes.

Words near silicene in the dictionary

  1. silicatization
  2. silicatize
  3. silicatized
  4. silicatizes
  5. silicatizing
  6. silicene
  7. silicenes
  8. siliceous
  9. siliceousness
  10. silices
  11. silici-

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