Graphene-Like Two-Dimensional Materials

Article. Published in Chemical Reviews. — 2013. — Vol. 113 — P. 3766−3798 DOI: 10.1021/cr300263a Contents Introduction Hexagonal Boron Nitride Sheets Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Pristine h-BN Sheets Functionalization of h-BN Sheets Synthesis of h-BN Sheets Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Pristine TMDs Strain Effect on the Electronic Properties of TMDs Functionalization of TMDs Monolayer and Few-Layer TMD FETs Synthesis of TMD Sheets Analysis of the Existence of Monolayer TMD Sheets Layered Group-IV and Group-III Metal Chalcogenides Structural and Electronic Properties of Layered Group-IV Metal Chalcogenides Synthesis of Layered Group-IV Metal Chalcogenides Structural and Electronic Properties of Layered Group-III Metal Chalcogenides Electronic Properties of Single Tetralayer GaSe Synthesis of Layered Group-III Metal Chalcogenides Van der Waals Epitaxy of Layered Metal Chalcogenides Silicene and Germanene Structural and Electronic Properties of Pristine Silicene and Germanene Functionalization of Silicene and Germanene Synthesis of Silicene Nanosheets Layered Binary Compounds of Group-IV Elements and Group III−V Valley Physics and Spin Effect in Monolayers of D Sheets Valley Physics in Monolayer TMDs Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Silicene and Germanene Concluding Remarks and Outlook Author Information Corresponding Author Notes Biographies Acknowledgments Abbreviations References Note Added in Proof Note Added after ASAP Publication