Title

Physics Of Silicene Stripes

Keywords

Graphene; Silicene; Stripes; Superconductivity

Abstract

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 open 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 quasiparticles in low dimensions. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

4-1-2009

Publication Title

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volume

22

Issue

3

Number of Pages

259-263

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0427-8

Socpus ID

67650879478 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/67650879478

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