Physicists announce graphene’s latest cousin: stanene

Re:Physicists announce graphene’s latest cousin: stanene by nesu on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @07:07AM (#10002620)

This would be better if scarcity is not an issue. Carbon is abundant. Tin is not. It is even more scarce than Lithium.

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Re:Physicists announce graphene’s latest cousin: stanene by stephengillie on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:31AM (#10003581)

So maybe we only use it for long-distance power and communications? I'm reminded of the Utopia story where, having no need of currency, they used gold for plumbing, because of its corrosion resistance.

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Re:Physicists announce graphene’s latest cousin: stanene by peterfirefly on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @10:36AM (#10003617)

Which isn't scarce at all.

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