Beyond graphene: Stable elemental monolayers of silicene and germanene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7743-7750

  Roome, Nathanael J ^a   Carey, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D monolayers; carrier relaxation; electron phonon coupling; germanene; graphene; silicene

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; PHONON SCATTERING; PHONONS; STABILITY;

CARRIER RELAXATION; ELECTRON PHONON COUPLINGS; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; GERMANENE; MASSLESS DIRAC FERMIONS; SILICENE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84901660687     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501022x     Document Type: Article

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