nLab goldene

Idea

In solid state physics, goldene refers to monolayers of gold? atoms; the term being a riff on graphene which refers to atomic monolayers of carbon.

Related concepts

• graphene

• quantum material

References

Precursor discussion:

• S. Forti, S. Link, A. Stöhr, et al.: Semiconductor to metal transition in two-dimensional gold and its van der Waals heterostack with graphene Nat Commun 11 2236 (2020) [doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15683-1]

Claims of synthesis of goldene:

• Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Sudhir Kumar Sharma, Renu Pasricha, James Weston, Thomas Blanton, and Ramesh Jagannathan: Synthesis of Self-Assembled Single Atomic Layer Gold Crystals-Goldene, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 14 49 (2022) 54992–55003 [doi:10.1021/acsami.2c19743]

• Shun Kashiwaya, Yuchn Shi, Jun Lu, J. et al.: Synthesis of goldene comprising single-atom layer gold, Nat. Synth (2024) [doi:10.1038/s44160-024-00518-4]

See also:

• Wikipedia, Goldene

• SciTechDaily, Researchers Develop “Goldene” – A New Form of Ultra-Thin Gold With Semiconductor Properties (April 2024)