Beyond silicene: synthesis of germanene, stanene and plumbene
Junji Yuhara, G. Le Lay
Abstract
Abstract Twenty five years after the first theoretical prediction of two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb-like silicon and germanium, now coined silicene and germanene, the last Group 14 artificial cousin of graphene has been synthesized, thus terminating the lineage from silicene (2012) to germanene (2014), stanene (2015), and finally plumbene (2019). Here, we describe the realizations and review the tantalizing properties of these outstanding novel 2D materials.
Topics & Concepts
SiliceneGermaneneGrapheneSiliconGermaniumMaterials scienceNanotechnologyCousinCondensed matter physicsPhysicsOptoelectronicsArchaeologyHistoryGraphene research and applicationsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchTopological Materials and Phenomena