The story
From gold + -ene, following the precedent of graphene; popularized outside of materials science since 2024.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An allotrope of gold in which a sheet is only one atom thick, achieved in the laboratory in pieces of sub–square micrometre area and with hopes for eventual practical applications in sensors or catalysts. Full definition →
From gold + -ene, following the precedent of graphene; popularized outside of materials science since 2024.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.