Germanene

Quick meaning: Germanene is a noun meaning (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene.

Meaning

(inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene.

Example Sentences

We present first-principles studies of the optical absorbance of the group IV honeycomb crystals graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene.

Calculating the complex dielectric function for optical interband transitions we show that the two-dimensional crystals silicene and germanene possess the same low-frequency absorbance as graphene.

After the successful synthesis of silicene in 2012, which was followed by a surge of studies on elemental, novel two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene, a daunting quest was to obtain germanene, the germanium-based analogue of graphene, already predicted to possibly exist in 2009.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include germane, germanane, germanone, germanomethane, germanide, germanyl.

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