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 …

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 …

Discovery of graphene and its astonishing properties have given birth to a new class of
materials known as “2D materials”. Motivated by the success of graphene, alternative …

This review presents the state of the art in strain and ripple-induced effects on the electronic
and optical properties of graphene. It starts by providing the crystallographic description of …

Rechargeable batteries based on lithium (sodium) metal anodes have been attracting
increasing attention due to their high capacity and energy density, but the implementation of …

Using the density functional theory calculations, we systematically investigate the structures
and properties of silicene-like SiX and XSi3 (X= B, C, N, Al, P) hexagonal heterosheets. For …

Silicene is the silicon counterpart of graphene, ie it consists in a single layer of Si atoms with
a hexagonal arrangement. We present a review of recent theoretical and experimental …

Two-dimensional allotropes of group-IV substrates including silicene, germanene and
stanene have recently attracted considerable attention in nanodevice fabrication industry …

The structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of 3d transition metal (TM) atoms (Sc, Ti,
V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) adsorbed germanene are addressed using density …

Strain engineering is one of the most promising and effective routes toward continuously
tuning the electronic and optic properties of materials, while thermal properties are generally …