Plumbene, graphene's latest cousin, realized on a 'nano water cube'
Date | 24th, May 2019 |
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Source | Nanowerk - Nanotechnology Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Scientists have created 'plumbene', a 2D-honeycomb sheet of lead atoms. Plumbene has the largest spin-orbit interaction of any Group 14 elemental 2D material, potentially making it a robust 2D topological insulator in which the Quantum Spin Hall Effect might occur even above room temperature.