Silicene, a promising new 2D material

Progress in Surface Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 46-83

  Oughaddou, Hamid ^a,b   Enriquez, Hanna ^a   Tchalala, Mohammed Rachid ^a,c   Yildirim, Handan ^d   Mayne, Andrew J ^a   Bendounan, Azzedine ^e   Dujardin, Gérald ^a   Ait Ali, Mustapha ^c   Kara, Abdelkader ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES MOLÉCULAIRES D ORSAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

DFT; Electronic structure; Epitaxial growth; Honeycomb; Metal surfaces; PES; Silicene; Silicon; STM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IRIDIUM; METALS; NANOELECTRONICS; SILICON; SILVER;

DFT; HONEYCOMB; METAL SURFACES; PES; SILICENE; STM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84920842760     PISSN: 00796816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2014.12.003     Document Type: Review

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