najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/2220-8054-2016-7-6-983-1001najo-818Research ArticlePHYSICSФИЗИКАSilicene is a phantom materialShekaE. F.

Department of Theoretical Physics and Mechanics

Str. Miklukho-Maklay, 6, Moscow 117198

sheka@icp.ac.ruPeoples’ Friendship University of RussiaRussian Federation201613082025769831001Copyright © Sheka E.F., 20252025Sheka E.F.Sheka E.F.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/818

The paper presents a comparative consideration of sp2 nanocarbons and their silicon and higher tetrels analogues from the viewpoint of the spin molecular theory taking into account the electron correlation in open-shell molecules. High radicalization of silicene and quantum instability of flat honeycomb 2D structures of germanene and stanene make all the species phantom materials leaving graphene the only one-atom thick 2D solid free of the crucial restrictions.

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