borophene

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What does borophene mean?

an allotrope of boron, the class of quasiplanar and planar one-atom-thick molecular sheets of boron atoms, similar to carbon's graphene structure

Where does borophene come from?

From boro- + graphene. Blend of boron + graphene.

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