Antimonene

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An allotrope of antimony that has an almost two-dimensional structure similar to graphene uncountable

    "Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi#95;2Te#95;3 and Sb#95;2Te#95;3, which displays semiconducting properties."

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"Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi#95;2Te#95;3 and Sb#95;2Te#95;3, which displays semiconducting properties."

Etymology

From Blend of antimony + graphene.

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