The hottest celebrity in the world of nanomaterials may soon face a new rival. Inspired by the Nobel Prize-winning creation of the carbon material known as graphene, physicists have now created atom-thin sheets of carbon’s big brother, silicon.
ONE-ATOM LAYER Silicon atoms (bright spots) in a honeycomb pattern are a new type of material known as silicene.
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