Borophene

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an allotrope of boron, the class of quasiplanar and planar one-atom-thick molecular sheets of boron atoms, similar to carbon's graphene structure

Etymology

From boro- + graphene. Blend of boron + graphene.

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