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 …

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 …

Inspired by the great development of graphene, more and more research has been
conducted to seek new two-dimensional (2D) materials with Dirac cones. Although 2D Dirac …

Silicene is the silicon counterpart of graphene, ie it consists in a single layer of Si atoms with
a hexagonal arrangement. We present a review of recent theoretical and experimental …

Although graphene is by far the most famous example of two-dimensional (2D) materials,
which exhibits a wealth of exotic and intriguing properties, it suffers from a severe drawback …

Inspired by the success of graphene, various two dimensional (2D) structures in free
standing (FS)(hypothetical) form and on different substrates have been proposed recently …

Owing to the unique physical and chemical properties of 2D materials and the great success
of graphene in various applications, the scientific community has been influenced to explore …

Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials possess distinct properties and superior
performances across a multitude of fundamental and practical research fields. Although a …

Silicene is sometimes thought of as the Si alter ego of graphene. However, experimental
evidence indicates that silicene is substantially different from graphene in terms of its …

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 …