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silicenes

silicenes is the plural of silicene.

Meaning of silicene

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

Noun (2)

silicene (plural silicenes)

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

Questions about silicenes

What is silicenes the plural of?
Silicenes is the plural of silicene.

Words near silicenes in the dictionary

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

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