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 …

Abstract 2D materials have attracted considerable attention in the past decade for their
superlative physical properties. These materials consist of atomically thin sheets exhibiting …

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 …

Silicene, a single‐layer‐thick silicon nanosheet with a honeycomb structure, is successfully
fabricated by the molecular‐beam‐epitaxy (MBE) deposition method on metallic substrates …

Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene have sparked great attention
and research in every field. Among them, 2D silicon has wide potential applications in …

Energy storage devices such as supercapacitors and batteries have gained great attention
due to their high capacity, good recyclability, long life span and ease of use. There is a …

Breakthrough of graphene dictates that decreasing dimensionality of the semiconducting
materials can generate unusual electronic structures, excellent mechanical, and thermal …

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 …

Two-dimensional materials have been extensively studied over the last two decades as they
represent a class of materials with properties applicable in catalysis, sensing, optical …