antimonene

English

Etymology

From Blend of antimony +‎ graphene.

Noun

antimonene (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of antimony that has an almost two-dimensional structure similar to graphene
   • 2016, Yuanfeng Xu, Bo Peng, Hao Zhang, Hezhu Shao, Rongjun Zhang, Hongliang Lu, David Wei Zhang, Heyuan Zhu, “First-principle calculations of phononic, electronic and optical properties of monolayer arsenene and antimonene allotropes”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Recently a stable monolayer of antimony in buckled honeycomb structure called antimonene was successfully grown on 3D topological insulator Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ and Sb$_{2}$Te$_{3}$, which displays semiconducting properties.