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Physics of Silicene Stripes

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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.

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  1. CINaM, CNRS, Campus de Luminy, Case 913, 13288, Marseille Cedex 09, France

    C. Léandri, B. Ealet, B. Aufray & G. Le Lay

  2. Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    A. Kara

  3. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    M. E. Dávila

  4. ISM, CNR, via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133, Rome, Italy

    P. De Padova

  5. SIMA, CEA, Bât. 462, Saclay, 91191, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

    H. Oughaddou

  6. Département de Physique, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 95000, Cergy-Pontoise cedex, France

    H. Oughaddou

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Kara, A., Léandri, C., Dávila, M.E. et al. Physics of Silicene Stripes. J Supercond Nov Magn 22, 259–263 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-008-0427-8

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