tellurene

English

Noun

tellurene (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of tellurium having a structure similar to that of graphene
   • 2016, Z. Zhu, C. Cai, C. Niu, C. Wang, Q. Sun, X. Han, Z. Guo, Y. Jia, “Tellurene-a monolayer of tellurium from first-principles prediction”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     The significant direct band gap and the high carrier mobility imply that tellurene is a very promising candidate for a new generation of nanoelectronic devices..