Black phosphorus (BP), a novel two-dimensional (2D) layered semiconductor material, has
attracted tremendous attention since 2014 due to its prominent carrier mobility, thickness …

Phosphorus is a nonmetal with several allotropes, from the highly reactive white phosphorus
to the thermodynamically stable black phosphorus (BP) with a puckered orthorhombic …

Room-temperature optoelectronic devices that operate at short-wavelength and mid-
wavelength infrared ranges (one to eight micrometres) can be used for numerous …

Boosted by the great success of graphene, the past decade has witnessed the rapid
development of graphene-analogous two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Despite the high …

Since the successful fabrication of two-dimensional (2D) tellurium (Te) in 2017, its
fascinating properties including a thickness dependence bandgap, environmental stability …

The family of 2D and layered materials has been expanding rapidly for more than a decade.
Within this large family of hundreds of materials, black phosphorus and its isoelectronic …

In the past decades, many mechanical metamaterials with uncommon static properties have
been reported. On the other hand, mechanical metamaterials possessing extraordinary …

Auxetic textiles are intriguing materials with unusual capabilities. These materials exhibit
negative Poisson's ratio with extraordinary performance in toughness, resilience, shear …

Experimental demonstrations of one-dimensional (1D) van der Waals material tellurium (Te)
have been presented by Raman spectroscopy under strain and magneto-transport. Raman …

The variegated family of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has developed rapidly since the
isolation of its forerunner: Graphene. Their planeconfined nature is typically associated with …