Borophene: Freestanding Borophene and Its Hybrids (Adv. Mater. 27/2019)

Abstract

Borophene, the lightest elemental Dirac material, is realized experimentally in free‐standing form by solution‐phase synthesis by Prashant Kumar, Ajayan Vinu, and co‐workers, as described in article number 1900353. Various sensing applications are demonstrated, such as in SERS‐based molecular sensing, gas sensing, photo‐sensing, and strain sensing. This new material seems promising for large‐scale applications, such as in hybrid energy storage and in catalysis.

Borophene and Boron‐Based Nanosheets: Recent Advances in Synthesis Strategies and Applications in the Field of Environment and Energy

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Enhanced electron transport and self-similarity in quasiperiodic borophene nanoribbons with line defects

“…[2][3][4][5] As an emerging 2D material, borophene has been predicted to show structural polymorphism, [6][7][8] and several phases including two planar ones called ν 1/6 and ν 1/5 boron sheets have been fabricated in recent experiments. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The ν 1/6 and ν 1/5 borophenes exhibit intriguing attributes, e.g. Dirac fermion, [19][20][21] mechani-cal flexibility, 22,23 and conventional superconductivity.…”

Ag‐Doped Free‐Standing 2D TiO2 Sheets: Electronic, Optical, Magnetic, and Self‐Healing Behaviour

“…2D materials are quantum crystals that have inspired tremendous research efforts due to their unique stand-alone features and potential for commercialization. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] They have been explored for their applications in electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, thermoelectric, reversible hydrogen/halogen storage, molecular/gas/light/strain sensing, laser shielding, manipulation of single photon emission, anti-oxidation/corrosion laminates, THz wave guiding, energy storage, catalysis, etc. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] These advanced quantum materials have been synthesized by various bottom-up and top-down, physical, chemical, and physicochemical strategies.…”