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by est 61 days ago
Perhaps title had a typo?

fluorographane -> Fluorographene

Can't find a single page about fluorographane

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=fluorographane&t...

But this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorographene

2 comments

Not a typo. Fluorographene is the sp² form (Nair et al. 2010). Fluorographane uses the -ane suffix to denote full sp³ saturation — same convention as graphene → graphane. The sp³ hybridization is what creates the bistable C-F orientation that stores the bit.
TIL thanks!
Fluorographane: Synthesis and Properties (pdf)https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/getauthorversionpdf/C4CC0884...