Theorists Predict New Single-Layer Material Could Go Beyond
Graphene, Conducting Electricity with 100 Percent Efficiency at Room
Temperature
A single layer of tin atoms could be the world’s first
material to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency at the temperatures
that computer chips operate, according to a team of theoretical physicists led
by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National
Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University.
Researchers call the new material "stanene,"
combining the Latin name for tin (stannum) with the suffix used in graphene,
another single-layer material whose novel electrical properties hold promise
for a wide range of applications.