Predicting Irida-Silicene: A Novel 2D Silicon Allotrope
Djardiel · 2024
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A team of three theorists predicts a new flat form of silicon in a 2024 paper. Flat silicon sheets draw interest for chips and light tools, but few stable forms are known. Their sheet, named Irida-Silicene, copies the ring plan of a fresh carbon sheet, with rings of three, six, and eight atoms.
Unlike its flat carbon kin, the silicon sheet buckles out of plane. Math checks show it holds its shape at room heat and has sound inner bonds. The sheet acts as a metal in one sense, with a cone of fast electrons, yet shows a gap along other paths. It takes light best in deep red and far violet bands, and it can stretch up to 15 percent.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Djardiel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |