silicene

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English

Etymology 1

Blend of silicon +‎ graphene, due to the similarity of the silicon layer to carbon in graphene.

Noun

silicene (countable and uncountable, plural silicenes)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) A monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.
    • 2007, Gian G. Guzmán-Verri and L. C. Lew Yan Voon, "Electronic structure of silicon-based nanostructures", Phys. Rev. B 76, 075131 (30 August 2007) p. 075131-1
      Thus, silicene has the same structure as a graphene sheet but it is composed of Si atoms instead of C atoms.
    • 2010, Bernard Aufray, Abdelkader Kara, Sébastien Vizzini, Hamid Oughaddou, Christel Léandri, Benedicte Ealet, Guy Le Lay, “Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of silicene”, in Applied Physics Letters, 96, 183102 (3 May 2010) p. 183102-1:
      However, silicene, the counterpart of graphene for silicon has not been found until now, although it has attracted strong theoretical attention since several years.
    • 2012, Abdelkader Kara, Hanna Enriquezc, Ari P. Seitsonend, L.C. Lew Yan Voone, Sébastien Vizzinif, Bernard Aufrayg, Hamid Oughaddoub, Surface Science Reports, 67 #1, (1 January 2012) p. 1:
      The electronic properties of silicene nano-ribbons and silicene sheets were found to resemble those of graphene.
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Etymology 2

Blend of silicon +‎ carbene

Noun

silicene (plural silicenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any short-lived, reactive species R2Si: analogous to carbenes.
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