Synthesis of borophenes: Anisotropic, two-dimensional boron polymorphs
Abstract
Although bulk allotropes of carbon and boron differ greatly, small clusters of these elements show remarkable similarities. Boron analogs of two-dimensional carbon allotropes such as graphene have been predicted. Now Mannix et al. report the formation of two-dimensional boron by depositing the elemental boron onto a silver surface under ultrahigh-vacuum conditions (see the Perspective by Sachdev). The graphene-like structure was buckled, weakly bonded to the substrate, and metallic.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 18, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aad1080
Entities
People
- Andrew J. Mannix
- Artem Oganov
- Arturo Ponce
- Benjamin D Myers
- Brandon L. Fisher
- Brian Kiraly
- Diego Alducin
- Jeffrey R Guest
- Joshua D. Wood
- Mark Hersam
- Miguel José Yacamán
- Nathan P Guisinger
- Ulises Santiago
- Xiang-feng Zhou
- Xiaolong Liu
Organizations
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Nankai University
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Science Foundation
- Northwestern University
- Office of Naval Research
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
- Robert A. Welch Foundation
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
- Stony Brook University
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Energy
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- W. M. Keck Foundation