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tellurene

tellurene noun: an allotrope of tellurium having a structure similar to that of graphene.

Noun

tellurene (uncountable)

  1. An allotrope of tellurium having a structure similar to that of graphene
    • The significant direct band gap and the high carrier mobility imply that tellurene is a very promising candidate for a new generation of nanoelectronic devices..2016, Z. Zhu, C. Cai, C. Niu, C. Wang, Q. Sun, X. Han, Z. Guo, Y. Jia, “Tellurene-a monolayer of tellurium from first-principles prediction”, in arXiv

Questions about tellurene

What does tellurene mean?
Tellurene means an allotrope of tellurium having a structure similar to that of graphene.
What part of speech is tellurene?
Tellurene is a noun.

Words near tellurene in the dictionary

  1. telluranes
  2. tellurantimony
  3. tellurate
  4. tellurates
  5. telluratian
  6. tellurene
  7. telluret
  8. tellureted
  9. tellurets
  10. telluretted
  11. telluretted hydrogen

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