Semiconductors are the basis of many vital technologies such as electronics, computing,
communications, optoelectronics, and sensing. Modern semiconductor technology can trace …

Abstract 2D materials are the focus of an intense research effort because of their unique
properties and their potential for revealing intriguing new phenomena. Phosphorene, a …

Abstract 2D semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and black
phosphorus (BP) are currently attracting great attention due to their intrinsic bandgaps and …

Boosted by the great success of graphene, the past decade has witnessed the rapid
development of graphene-analogous two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials. Despite the high …

The recent isolation of atomically thin black phosphorus by mechanical exfoliation of bulk
layered crystals has triggered an unprecedented interest, even higher than that raised by the …

It has been a long-standing challenge to produce air-stable few-or monolayer samples of
phosphorene because thin phosphorene films degrade rapidly in ambient conditions. Here …

The group-IV monochalcogenides SnS, SnSe, GeS, and GeSe form a family within the wider
group of semiconductor “phosphorene analogues.” Here, we used first-principles …

Surface reactions with oxygen are a fundamental cause of the degradation of phosphorene.
Using first-principles calculations, we show that for each oxygen atom adsorbed onto …

Phosphorene, a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer of black phosphorus, has attracted
considerable theoretical interest, although the experimental realization of monolayer …

Since being rediscovered as an emerging 2D material, black phosphorus (BP), with an
extraordinary energy structure and unusually strong interlayer interactions, offers new …