While nearly all 2D materials studied to date have hexagonal tiling, theory has predicted a family of materials with pentagonal tiling. This work is the first experimental verification that such materials exist, and are air-stable.
A. Oyedele, S. Yang, L. Liangbo, A. A Puretzky, K. Wang, J. Zhang, P. Pudasaini, A. W. Ghosh, Z. Liu, C. Rouleau, B. G. Sumpter, M. F. Chisholm, W. Zhou, D. B. Geohegan, K. Xiao, "PdSe2: Pentagonal 2D Layers with High Air Stability for Electronics," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2017), “Just Accepted” manuscript published on-line). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04865
