Silicene vs Silicate - What's the difference?
silicene | silicate |
(inorganic compound) 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)
* 2010 , Bernard Aufray, Abdelkader Kara, Sébastien Vizzini, Hamid Oughaddou, Christel Léandri, Benedicte Ealet, and Guy Le Lay, "Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of silicene", Applied Physics Letters 96, 183102 (3 May 2010)
* 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)
(chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
As nouns the difference between silicene and silicate
is that silicene is (inorganic compound) a monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene or silicene can be (organic chemistry) any short-lived, reactive species r2si: analogous to carbenes while silicate is .silicene
English
Etymology 1
) from (silicon) and (graphene); due to the similarity of the silicon layer to carbon in graphene.Noun
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- Thus, silicene has the same structure as a graphene sheet but it is composed of Si atoms instead of C atoms.
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.
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- The electronic properties of silicene' nano-ribbons and ' silicene sheets were found to resemble those of graphene.