As elemental main group materials (ie, silicon and germanium) have dominated the field of
modern electronics, their monolayer 2D analogues have shown great promise for next …

Abstract Elemental two-dimensional (2D) materials, characterized by unique chemical,
physical, and electrical characteristics, now offer intriguing energy and catalysis application …

Phosphorene, an emerging two-dimensional material, has received considerable attention
due to its layer-controlled direct bandgap, high carrier mobility, negative Poisson's ratio and …

Carbon foams (CFs) possess high storage capacity, good electronic conductivity and superb
mechanical strength, which demonstrate promising applications in many engineering fields …

Strain engineering is the process of tuning a material's properties by altering its mechanical
or structural attributes. Atomically thin two-dimensional nanomaterials (2DNMs), which have …

Interfacial thermal resistance is the primary impediment to heat flow in materials and devices
as characteristic lengths become comparable to the mean‐free paths of the energy carriers …

Phosphorus is a nonmetal with several allotropes, from the highly reactive white phosphorus
to the thermodynamically stable black phosphorus (BP) with a puckered orthorhombic …

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 …

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 …

Phosphorene, the single-or few-layer form of black phosphorus, was recently rediscovered
as a two-dimensional layered material holding great promise for applications in electronics …