Rise of silicene: A competitive 2D material

J Zhao, H Liu, Z Yu, R Quhe, S Zhou, Y Wang… - Progress in Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Silicene, a silicon analogue of graphene, has attracted increasing attention during the past
few years. As early as in 1994, the possibility of stage corrugation in the Si analogs of …

Two-dimensional boron: structures, properties and applications

Z Zhang, ES Penev, BI Yakobson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Situated between metals and non-metals in the periodic table, boron is one of the most
chemically versatile elements, forming at least sixteen bulk polymorphs composed of …

Recent advances in catalysts, electrolytes and electrode engineering for the nitrogen reduction reaction under ambient conditions

J Hou, M Yang, J Zhang - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
With the conventional Haber–Bosch NH3 synthesis in industry requiring harsh pressures
and high temperatures, artificial N2 fixation has been long sought after. The electrochemical …

Silicene: From material to device applications

MA Kharadi, GFA Malik, FA Khanday… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
During the last decade, there has been considerable interest of researchers towards the use
of two-dimensional (2D) materials for the electronic device implementations. The main …

Strain effects on borophene: ideal strength, negative Possion's ratio and phonon instability

H Wang, Q Li, Y Gao, F Miao, XF Zhou… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Very recently, two-dimensional (2D) boron sheets (borophene) with rectangular
structures were grown successfully on single crystal Ag (111) substrates (Mannix et al 2015 …

Graphene-based functional nanomaterials for biomedical and bioanalysis applications

T Mathew, RA Sree, S Aishwarya, K Kounaina, AG Patil… - FlatChem, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials have brought a paradigm shift in the field of science and technology leading
to the development of futuristic materials with value addition. Carbon-based nanomaterials …

Elastic anisotropy measure for two-dimensional crystals

R Li, Q Shao, E Gao, Z Liu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Similar to bulk crystals, many two-dimensional crystals exhibit elastic anisotropy. However,
the measures of the elastic anisotropy in two-dimensional crystals are rarely explored. In this …

High anisotropy of fully hydrogenated borophene

Z Wang, TY Lü, HQ Wang, YP Feng… - Physical Chemistry …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We have studied the mechanical properties and phonon dispersions of fully hydrogenated
borophene (borophane) under strains by first principles calculations. Uniaxial tensile strains …

Parameterization of Stillinger-Weber potential for two-dimensional atomic crystals

JW Jiang, YP Zhou - arxiv preprint arxiv:1704.03147, 2017 - arxiv.org
We parametrize the Stillinger-Weber potential for 156 two-dimensional atomic crystals.
Parameters for the Stillinger-Weber potential are obtained from the valence force field model …

Silicene: Recent theoretical advances

LC Lew Yan Voon, J Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Silicene is a two-dimensional allotrope of silicon with a puckered hexagonal structure
closely related to the structure of graphene and that has been predicted to be stable. To …