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Antimonene: Mechanical Isolation of Highly Stable Antimonene under Ambient Conditions (Adv. Mater. 30/2016)
Author(s) -
Ares Pablo,
AguilarGalindo Fernando,
RodríguezSanMiguel David,
Aldave Diego A.,
DíazTendero Sergio,
Alcamí Manuel,
Martín Fernando,
GómezHerrero Julio,
Zamora Félix
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201670209
Subject(s) - materials science , isolation (microbiology) , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , antimony , optoelectronics , composite material , bioinformatics , metallurgy , biology
On page 6332, J. Gómez‐Herrero, F. Zamora, and co‐workers describe the isolation of antimonene, a new allotrope of antimony that consists of a single layer of atoms. They obtain antimonene flakes by the scotch tape method; these flakes are highly stable in ambient conditions and even when immersed in water. The 1.2 eV gap calculated in this study suggests potential applications in optoelectronics.