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stanene

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

Noun

stanene (uncountable)

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

Origin of stanene

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.

Questions about stanene

What does stanene mean?
Stanene means a two-dimensional layer of tin one-atom thick, which is a topological insulator (conducting electricity only along its edges).
What part of speech is stanene?
Stanene is a noun.

Words near stanene in the dictionary

  1. stane
  2. Stanek
  3. stanekite
  4. Staneks
  5. Stanely
  6. stanene
  7. stanes
  8. Stanfield
  9. stanfieldite
  10. Stanfields
  11. Stanfill

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