First-Principles Study on the Stability and STM Image of Borophene

Abstract Very recently, borophene (atomic-thin two-dimensional boron sheet) has been successfully synthesized on the Ag(111) surface by deposition. Two kinds of structures were found. However, the identification of the monolayer boron sheets grown on the metal substrate, as well as the stability of...

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Main Authors: Zhifen Luo, Xiaoli Fan, Yurong An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-08-01
Series:Nanoscale Research Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-017-2282-7