• 文献标题:   Epitaxial Growth of Flat Antimonene Monolayer: A New Honeycomb Analogue of Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHAO Y, LIU ZL, CHENG C, WU X, LIU H, LIU C, WANG JO, ZHU SY, WANG YQ, SHI DX, IBRAHIM K, SUN JT, WANG YL, GAO HJ
  • 作者关键词:   antimonene, twodimensional material, flat honeycomb lattice, epitaxial growth, stm
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Phys
  • 被引频次:   44
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00429
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Group-V elemental monolayers were recently predicted to exhibit exotic physical properties such as nontrivial topological properties, or a quantum anomalous Hall effect, which would make them very suitable for applications in next generation electronic devices. The free-standing group-V monolayer materials usually have a buckled honeycomb form, in contrast with the flat graphene monolayer. Here, we report epitaxial growth of atomically thin flat honeycomb monolayer of group-V element antimony on a Ag(111) substrate. Combined study of experiments and theoretical calculations verify the formation of a uniform and single-crystalline antimonene monolayer without atomic wrinkles, as a new honeycomb analogue of graphene monolayer. Directional bonding between adjacent Sb atoms and weak antimonene-substrate interaction are confirmed. The realization and investigation of flat antimonene honeycombs extends the scope of two-dimensional atomically-thick structures and provides a promising way to tune topological properties for future technological applications.