== Fremstilling og struktur ==
I september 2014 rapporterede G. Le Lay og andre at materialet kan gro på [[guld]] (111) ved [[molekylestråleepitaxy]], hvilket gav en et-atomigt og to-dimensionel multifasefilm. Strukturen blev bekræftet ved [[Scanning Tunnel Microscope]] (STM), hvilket afslørede et næsten fladt bikube-struktur.<ref name=Lay2014>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/095002 | issn = 1367-2630 | volume = 16 | issue = 9 | pages = 095002 | last = Dávila | first = M. E. | author2 = L. Xian | author3 =  S. Cahangirov | author4 =  A. Rubio | author5 =  G. Le Lay | title = Germanene: a novel two-dimensional germanium allotrope akin to graphene and silicene | journal = New Journal of Physics | access-date = 2014-09-11 | date = 2014-09-01 | url = http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/16/9/095002 }}</ref> 
{{quote|We have provided compelling evidence of the birth of nearly flat germanene—a novel, synthetic germanium allotrope which does not exist in nature. It is a new cousin of graphene.|Guy Le Lay from Aix-Marseille University| New Journal of Physics}}
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