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INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF SILICENE AND OTH...

This concise book offers an essential introduction and reference guide for the many newcomers
to the field of physics of elemental 2D materials. Silicene and related materials are currently
among the most actively studied materials  especially following the first experimental
synthesis on substrates in 2012. Accordingly  this primer introduces and reviews the most
crucial developments regarding silicene from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. At
the same time the reader is guided through the extensive body of relevant foundational
literature. The text starts with a brief history of silicene  followed by a comparison of the
bonding nature in silicon versus carbon atoms. Here  a simple but robust framework is
established to help the reader follow the concepts presented throughout the book. The book then
presents the atomic and electronic structure of free-standing silicene  followed by an account
of the experimental realization of silicene on substrates. This topic is subsequently developed
further to discuss various reconstructions that silicene acquires due to interactions with the
substrate and how such effects are mirrored in the electronic properties. Next the book
examines the dumbbell structure that is the key to understanding the growth mechanism and
atomic structure of multilayer silicene. Last but not least  it addresses similar effects in
other elemental 2D materials from group IV (germanene  stanane)  group V (phosphorene) and
group III (borophene)  as well as transition metal dichalcogenides and other compositions  so
as to provide a general comparative overview of their electronic properties.

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