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

Progress in the discovery of new materials has been accelerated by the development of
reliable quantum-mechanical approaches to crystal structure prediction. The properties of a …

As the nearest-neighbour element to carbon, boron is theoretically predicted to have a
planar two-dimensional form, named borophene, with novel properties, such as Dirac …

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

Single atom nonmetal 2D nanomaterials have shown considerable potential in cancer
nanomedicines, owing to their intriguing properties and biocompatibility. Herein, ultrathin …

Neighboring carbon and sandwiched between non‐metals and metals in the periodic table
of the elements, boron is one of the most chemically and physically versatile elements, and …

At the atomic-cluster scale, pure boron is markedly similar to carbon, forming simple planar
molecules and cage-like fullerenes. Theoretical studies predict that two-dimensional (2D) …

The isolation of graphene in 2004 from graphite was a defining moment for the “birth” of a
field: two-dimensional (2D) materials. In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing …

We report the successful preparation of a purely honeycomb, graphene-like borophene, by
using an Al (1 1 1) surface as the substrate and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth in …

A variety of two-dimensional materials have been reported in recent years, yet single-
element systems such as graphene and black phosphorus have remained rare. Boron …