Since the breakthrough of graphene, considerable efforts have been made to search for two-
dimensional (2D) materials composed of other group 14 elements, in particular silicon and …

Graphene is a well‐known 2D material with potential applications. In recent years, 2D
materials of other elements have come to the fore. These are borophene in group III …

Abstract 2D materials provide a rich platform to study novel physical phenomena arising
from quantum confinement of charge carriers. Many of these phenomena are discovered by …

The synthesis of new Xenes and their potential applications prototypes have achieved
significant milestones so far. However, to date the realization of Xene heterostructures in …

The atomic buckling in 2D “Xenes”(such as silicene) fosters a plethora of exotic electronic
properties such as a quantum spin Hall effect and could be engineered by external strain …

The great success of graphene has spurred huge interest in two-dimensional honeycomb
lattices of post-carbon group-14 atoms, namely, Xenes. However, the synthesis of Xenes on …

Abstract Silicene, the two-dimensional (2D) allotrope of silicon, is a promising material for
electronics. So far, the most direct synthesis strategy has been to grow it epitaxially on metal …

We present a state-of-the-art study of the optical properties of free-standing silicene and of
single-layer Si one-and two-dimensional (1D and 2D) nanostructures supported on Ag (110) …

Two-dimensional monolayers consisting of a single element have attracted considerable
interest due to their intriguing properties, which can be fundamentally different from the bulk …

The synthesis of silicene by direct growth on silver is characterized by the formation of
multiple phases and domains, posing severe constraints on the spatial charge conduction …