First transistors of silicene have been created - One atom thick, like the graphene version of silicon

02/02/2015 - 00:00

By Katherine Bourzac -

The material in question, called silicene, comes in layers of silicon just one-atom thick. This structure gives the material fantastic electrical properties, but it also means it’s devilishly tricky to produce and work with. Even testing its basic properties in the lab has proved difficult.

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