Borophene, a monolayer of boron, has risen as a new exciting two-dimensional (2D)
material having extraordinary properties, including anisotropic metallic behavior and flexible …

The past decades have witnessed a rapid expansion in investigations of two-dimensional
(2D) monoelemental materials (Xenes), which are promising materials in various fields …

Abstract Synthetic two-dimensional (2D) materials have no bulk counterparts and typically
exist as single atomic layers due to substrate-stabilized growth. Multilayer formation …

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 …

Two-dimensional heterostructures (2D HSs) have emerged as a new class of materials
where dissimilar 2D materials are combined to synergise their advantages and alleviate …

The synthesis of 2D materials with no analogous bulk layered allotropes promises a
substantial breadth of physical and chemical properties through the diverse structural …

Borophene (the first two-dimensional (2D) allotrope of boron) is emerging as a
groundbreaking system for boron-based chemistry and, more broadly, the field of low …

Borophene, as a rising-star monoelemental two-dimensional (2D) material, has motivated
great interest because of its novel properties, such as anisotropic plasmonics, high carrier …

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 …

Since the discovery of graphene just over a decade ago, 2D materials have been a central
focus of materials research and engineering because of their unique properties and …