2008/11/17 by A. Kara, Abdelkader Kara, C. Leandri +18
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Graphene research and applications #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Topological Materials and Phenomena #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.2611
arxiv created 2008/11/17 · openalex publication_date 2008/11/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Silicene, a monolayer of silicon atoms tightly packed into a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, is the challenging hypothetical reflection in the silicon realm of graphene, a one-atom thick graphite sheet, presently the hottest material in condensed matter physics. If existing, it would also reveal a cornucopia of new physics and potential applications. Here, we reveal the epitaxial growth of silicene stripes self-aligned in a massively parallel array on the anisotropic silver (110) surface. This crucial step in the silicene gold rush could give a new kick to silicon on the electronics road-map and opens the most promising route towards wide-ranging applications. A hint of superconductivity in these silicene stripes poses intriguing questions related to the delicate interplay between paired correlated fermions, massless Dirac fermions and bosonic quasi-particules in low dimensions.