New materials graphyne, graphdiyne, graphone, and graphane: review of properties, synthesis, and application in nanotechnology

Q Peng, AK Dearden, J Crean, L Han… - Nanotechnology …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Plenty of new two-dimensional materials including graphyne, graphdiyne, graphone, and
graphane have been proposed and unveiled after the discovery of the “wonder material” …

Strain effects on the topological and valley properties of the Janus monolayer

SD Guo, WQ Mu, JH Wang, YX Yang, B Wang, YS Ang - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Strain is an effective method to tune the electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D)
materials and can induce novel phase transition. Recently, the 2D MA 2 Z 4 family of …

Density Functional Theory Study of the Silicene-like SiX and XSi3 (X = B, C, N, Al, P) Honeycomb Lattices: The Various Buckled Structures and Versatile Electronic …

Y Ding, Y Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013 - ACS Publications
Using the density functional theory calculations, we systematically investigate the structures
and properties of silicene-like SiX and XSi3 (X= B, C, N, Al, P) hexagonal heterosheets. For …

Correlation between strain tunable piezoelectricity and Rashba effect in flexible Janus Ga2Ge2XY (X, Y= S, Se, and Te) monolayers with high carrier mobility

A Kaur, S Sharma, P Nandi, A De Sarkar - Physica E: Low-dimensional …, 2023 - Elsevier
Broken inversion symmetry in Janus structures leads to superior physical properties due to
the emergence of a non-zero dipole moment. Ga 2 Ge 2 XY (X, Y= S, Se, Te) monolayers …

Tuning electronic, magnetic and catalytic behaviors of biphenylene network by atomic do**

K Ren, H Shu, W Huo, Z Cui, Y Xu - Nanotechnology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, a new two-dimensional allotrope of carbon named biphenylene has been
experimentally synthesized. First-principles calculations are preformed to investigate the …

Mechanical, electronic and optical properties of a novel B 2 P 6 monolayer: ultrahigh carrier mobility and strong optical absorption

K Ren, H Shu, W Huo, Z Cui, J Yu, Y Xu - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials with a moderate bandgap and high carrier mobility are
useful for applications in optoelectronics. In this work, we present a systematic investigation …

Possible electronic state quasi-half-valley metal in a monolayer

SD Guo, YL Tao, HT Guo, ZY Zhao, B Wang, G Wang… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
One of the key problems in valleytronics is to realize valley polarization. Ferrovalley
semiconductors and half-valley metals (HVM) have been proposed, which possess intrinsic …

Valley-polarized quantum anomalous Hall insulator in monolayer

SD Guo, WQ Mu, BG Liu - 2D Materials, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The coexistence of an intrinsic ferrovalley (FV) and nontrivial band topology attracts
intensive interest, both for its fundamental physics and for its potential applications, namely a …

Prediction of 2D IV–VI semiconductors: auxetic materials with direct bandgap and strong optical absorption

K Ren, X Ma, X Liu, Y Xu, W Huo, W Li, G Zhang - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Auxetic materials are highly desirable for advanced applications because of their negative
Poisson's ratios, which are rather scarce in two-dimensional materials. Motivated by the …

Possible way to achieve anomalous valley Hall effect by piezoelectric effect in a monolayer

SD Guo, JX Zhu, WQ Mu, BG Liu - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Ferrovalley materials can achieve manipulation of the valley degree of freedom with intrinsic
spontaneous valley polarization introduced by their intrinsic ferromagnetism. A good …