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 …

The fascinating electronic and optoelectronic properties of free‐standing graphene has led
to the exploration of alternative two‐dimensional materials that can be easily integrated with …

Silicene is emerging as a two-dimensional material with very attractive electronic properties
for a wide range of applications; it is a particularly promising material for nano-electronics 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A silicon monatomic layer (ie, silicene) forms an ordered phase on the surface of ZrC (111)
in the 2× 2 periodicity of the substrate. For the first time, phonon dispersion relations were …

The 2D graphene (G) nanosheets (NSs) discovery is amound the foremost revolutionary
incidents in materials science history. This discovery has stimulated huge attention in the …

We have investigated the structure of silicene forming into the (4× 4) superstructure on Ag
(111) by using the low-energy electron diffraction. We found that Si atoms form a buckled …