Phagraphene

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A two-dimensional form of graphene, the allotrope of carbon found in graphite, with 5/6/7-sided rings instead of just the 6-sided ones found in conventional graphene. neologism, uncountable

Etymology

Contraction of penta-hexa-hepta-graphene, penta- + hexa- + hepta- + graphene from the ring structures of phagraphene, having five-, six-, and seven-sided rings in the macromolecular structure.

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