As elemental main group materials (ie, silicon and germanium) have dominated the field of
modern electronics, their monolayer 2D analogues have shown great promise for next …

Silicene, the ultimate scaling of a silicon atomic sheet in a buckled honeycomb lattice,
represents a monoelemental class of two-dimensional (2D) materials similar to graphene …

Phonons, as the most fundamental emergent bosons in condensed matter systems, play an
essential role in the thermal, mechanical, and electronic properties of crystalline materials …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit a wide range of atomic structures, compositions, and
associated versatility of properties. Furthermore, for a given composition, a variety of …

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been serving as one the most critical
components of fast growing technologies, such as the mobile electronic and electrified …

Tellurium (Te) films with monolayer and few-layer thickness are obtained by molecular beam
epitaxy on a graphene/6H-SiC (0001) substrate and investigated by in situ scanning …

Due to their unique properties, a lot of two-dimensional (2D) materials have been predicted
and produced in the past decades. Furthermore, 2D materials have exhibited great …

The fascinating electronic and optoelectronic properties of freestanding graphene and the
possible inclusion of novel two-dimensional (2D) systems in silicon-based electronics have …

Silicene‐based van der Waals heterostructures are theoretically predicted to have
interesting physical properties, but their experimental fabrication has remained a challenge …

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 …