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Phosphorene, a single layer of phosphorous in a particular configuration, has potential application in semiconductor transistors. Credit: Matthew Cherny

A new method to quickly determine the orientation of phosphorene has been found using interactions between light and electrons within phosphorene and other atoms-thick crystals of black phosphorus. It is a promising material with potential application as a material for semiconducting transistors in ever faster and more powerful computers. Many useful properties of 2D phosphane, aka phosphorene, like its ability to conduct electrons, are anisotropic, ie they vary depending on the orientation of the crystal.

Phosphorene–a single layer of phosphorus atoms–was isolated for the first time in 2014, allowing physicists to begin exploring its prop...