Seven years ago, silicene was little more than a theorist's dream. Buoyed by a frenzy of interest in graphene - the famous material composed of a honeycomb of carbon just one atom thick - researchers speculated that silicon atoms might form similar sheets. And if they could be used to build electronic devices, these slivers of silicene could enable the semiconductor industry to achieve the ultimate in miniaturization. This week, researchers took a significant step towards realizing that dream, by unveiling details of the first silicene transistor. Although the devices performance is modest, and its lifetime measured in mere minutes, this proof of concept has already been causing a stir at conferences, says Deji Akinwande, a nano-materials researcher at the University of Texas at Austin who helped to make the transistor, Guy Le Lay, a materials scientist at Aix-Marseille University in France, agrees.
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机译：七年前，硅树脂不过是理论家的梦想。研究人员推测，石墨烯是由仅一个原子厚的碳蜂窝构成的著名材料，受到石墨烯热潮的吸引。研究人员推测，硅原子可能形成相似的薄片。如果将它们用于制造电子设备，这些硅条可以使半导体工业实现最终的小型化。本周，研究人员通过揭示第一个硅晶体管的细节，朝着实现这一梦想迈出了重要的一步。得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的纳米材料研究员Deji Akinwande说，尽管该器件性能适中，并且其寿命仅需几分钟，但这种概念证明已在会议上引起轰动。 ，法国艾克斯-马赛大学材料科学家Guy Le Lay表示同意。
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