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Graphene Analogues: Elemental Analogues of Graphene: Silicene, Germanene, Stanene, and Phosphorene (Small 6/2015)
Author(s) -
Balendhran Sivacarendran,
Walia Sumeet,
Nili Hussein,
Sriram Sharath,
Bhaskaran Madhu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201570033
Subject(s) - silicene , germanene , graphene , phosphorene , materials science , nanotechnology
Layered 2D materials are attracting significant interest, as quantum confinement enables exceptional functionalities. While graphene dominates this research, there are a number of elemental analogues that are potentially better due to their inherent semiconducting properties. On page 640, S. Balendhran, M. Bhaskaran, and co‐workers review such a class of materials – silicene, germanene, stanene, and phosphorene – with an emphasis on their fundamental properties, synthesis techniques, and future prospects. Image courtesy of Ella Marushchenko (Scientific Illustrations).