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 …

Boron, as a unique element nearest to carbon in the periodic table, has been predicted to
form many distinctive two‐dimensional (2D) structures that significantly differ from other well …

Using systematic evolutionary structure searching we propose a new carbon allotrope,
phagraphene [fæ'græfi: n], standing for p enta-h exa-hept a-graphene, because the structure …

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 …

Recently, partially ionic boron (γ-B28) has been predicted and observed in pure boron, in
bulk phase and controlled by pressure [Nature 2009, 457, 863]. By using ab initio …

The Dirac half-metallicity (H. Ishizuka et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 2012, 109, 237207, Li et al.
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter Mater. Phys., 2015, 92, 201403 (R)) with a gap in one spin …

The development of anode materials with good stability, high capacity, and excellent
electrical conductivity is an important challenge for high-performance Li-ion batteries …

By introducing the commonly utilized Fe atoms into a two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb
boron network, we theoretically designed a new Dirac material of FeB2 monolayer with a …

MXenes are attracting attention due to their rich chemistry and intriguing properties. Here a
new type of metal–carbon-based sheet composed of transition metal centers and C2 dimers …

Two-dimensional (2D) metal-boride-derived nanostructures have been a focus of intense
research for the past decade, with an emphasis on new synthetic approaches, as well as on …