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 …

Recently, several research groups have reported the growth of germanene, a new member
of the graphene family. Germanene is in many aspects very similar to graphene, but in …

Inspired by the success of graphene, various two dimensional (2D) structures in free
standing (FS)(hypothetical) form and on different substrates have been proposed recently …

We perform systematic investigation on the geometric, energetic, and electronic properties of
group IV-VI binary monolayers (XY), which are the counterparts of phosphorene, by …

Nanostructuring is a transformative way to improve the structure stability of high capacity
silicon for lithium batteries. Yet, the interface instability issue remains and even propagates …

Multilayer silicene, the silicon analogue of multilayer graphene, grown on silver (111)
surfaces, possesses a honeycomb (√ 3×√ 3) R30 reconstruction, observed by scanning …

Silicene, the considered equivalent of graphene for silicon, has been recently synthesized
on Ag (111) surfaces. Following the tremendous success of graphene, silicene might further …

Thick epitaxial multilayer silicene films with a√ 3×√ 3R (30) surface structure show only
mild surface oxidation after 24 h in air, as measured by Auger electron spectroscopy. X-ray …

Silicene, a two-dimensional honeycomb network of silicon atoms like graphene, holds great
potential as a key material in the next generation of electronics; however, its use in more …

There is a critical need to attain new sustainable materials for direct upgrade of waste heat
to electrical energy via the thermoelectric effect. Here we demonstrate that the thermoelectric …