{{Short description|Topological insulating superconductor}} {{Distinguish|stanine}}
thumb|HRTEM image of sample showing hexagonal lattice. The inset on the bottom left shows the EDAX spectrum from the same spot. Carbon and copper peaks arises from the TEM grid used. The middle inset shows large area TEM of stanene flake with layers. '''Stanene'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131121135635.htm |title=Will 2-D tin be the next super material? |author = DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory |publisher=Sciencedaily.com |date=2013-11-21 |access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://phys.org/news/2013-11-d-tin-super-material.html |title=Will 2-D tin be the next super material? |publisher=Phys.org |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref> is a topological insulator, theoretically predicted by Shoucheng Zhang's group at Stanford,{{explanation needed |date=November 2024}} which may display dissipationless currents at its edges near room temperature. It is composed of tin atoms arranged in a single layer, in a manner similar to graphene.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Yong |last2=Yan |first2=Binghai |last3=Zhang |first3=Hai-Jun |last4=Wang |first4=Jing |last5=Xu |first5=Gang |last6=Tang |first6=Peizhe |last7=Duan |first7=Wenhui |last8=Zhang |first8=Shou-Cheng |date=2013-09-24 |title=Large-Gap Quantum Spin Hall Insulators in Tin Films |url=https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.136804 |journal=Physical Review Letters |language=en |volume=111 |issue=13 |article-number=136804 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.136804 |pmid=24116803 |issn=0031-9007|arxiv=1306.3008 |s2cid=11310025 }}</ref> Stanene got its name by combining ''stannum'' (the Latin name for tin) with the suffix ''-ene'' used by graphene.<ref>{{cite news | first = Ritu | last = Singh | url = https://zeenews.india.com/news/science/tin-could-be-the-next-super-material-for-computer-chips_892199.html | title = Tin could be the next super material for computer chips | work = Zeenews | date = November 24, 2013 }}</ref> Research is ongoing in Germany and China, as well as at laboratories at Stanford and UCLA.<ref>{{cite news |title=Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/science/designing-the-next-wave-of-computer-chips.html |date=January 9, 2014 |last=Markoff |first=John |work=New York Times |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref>
The addition of fluorine atoms to the tin lattice could extend the critical temperature up to 100 °C.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2013-11-21-tin-super-material-stanene.aspx | title = Will 2-D Tin be the Next Super Material? | publisher = SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | location = Stanford University | date = November 21, 2013 }}</ref> This would make it practical for use in integrated circuits to make smaller, faster and more energy efficient computers.
==See also== *Single-layer materials *Graphene *Silicene *Boron Stannenes (Similar name to Stanene) *Stannane (similar name as Stanene, too) *Semiconductors *Topological insulator *Superconductivity *Superconductors
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==External links== *{{cite news |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=could-atomically-thin-tin-transform-electronics |title=Could Atomically Thin Tin Transform Electronics? |first=Charles Q. | last=Choi |date=December 4, 2013 |publisher=Scientific American}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1320283 |title=Stanene May Be Better Than Graphene |date=3 December 2013 |first=R. Colin |last=Johnson |publisher=EE Times}} * {{cite news |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/04/theoretical_material_promises_100_per_cent_electrical_efficiency_at_room_temperatures_and_above/ |title=OHM MY GOD! Move over graphene, here comes '100% PERFECT' stanene |date=4 December 2013 |first=Rik |last=Myslewski |publisher=The Register}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.gizmag.com/stanene-topological-insulator/29976/ |title=Tin-based stanene could conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency |publisher=gizmag |date=2013-12-01 |access-date=2013-12-05}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/nnin-computing/Stanford_William_Vandenberghe-10252013.pdf |title=Quantum Transport for future Nano-CMOS Applications: TFETs and 2D topological insulators |first=William | last =Vandenberghe | publisher = University of Texas at Dallas |date=2013-10-25 |access-date=2014-01-03}}
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