The key, of course, is that it is a single layer of atoms. Now scientists have done the same trick with boron to form borophene, and it looks to be even more exciting than graphene. You can read a ...
Crystal of the stacked borophene oxide. (A) Photograph, (B) SEM image, and (C) crystal structure. (D) Transmission Electron Microscope and (E) Atomic Force Microscope images of the exfoliated atomic ...