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Borophene is a two-dimensional material made out of boron atoms only. It exhibits polymorphism and different allotropes can be studied in terms of a rigid electronic structure, where only the occupation of the states change with the respect…

Very recently, two-dimensional(2D) boron sheets (borophene) with rectangular structure has been grown successfully on single crystal Ag(111) substrates.The fabricated boroprene is predicted to have unusual mechanical properties. We…

The 8-Pmmn borophene, a boron analogue of graphene, hosts tilted and anisotropic massless Dirac fermion quasiparticles owing to the presence of the distorted graphene-like sublattice. First-principles calculations show that the stacked…

Recent success in synthesizing two-dimensional borophene on silver substrate attracts strong interest in exploring its possible extraordinary physical properties. By using the density functional theory calculations, we show that borophene…

A major challenge in the investigation of all 2D materials is the development of synthesis protocols and tools which would enable their large-scale production and effective manipulation. The same holds for borophene, where experiments are…

Recently, the crystal symmetry-protected topological semimetals have aroused extensive interests, especially for the nonsymmorphic symmetry-protected one. We list the possible nonmagnetic topological semimetals and develop their k.p…

We theoretically study the influence of impurity scattering on the electric and thermal transport of borophane layer, a two-dimensional anisotropic Dirac semi-metal with two tilted and anisotropic Dirac cones. In a systematic framework, we…

Searching for two-dimensional (2D) organic Dirac materials, which have more adaptable practical applications in comparing with inorganic ones, is of great significance and has been ongoing. However, only two kinds of these materials with…

We construct the most generic Hamiltonian of the $8Pmmn$ structure of borophene sheet in presence of spin-orbit, as well as background electric and magnetic fields. In addition to spin and valley Hall effects, this structure offers a…

Borophene, a monoatomic layer of boron atoms, stands out among two-dimensional (2D) materials, with its versatile properties of polymorphism, metallicity, plasmonics, superconductivity, tantalizing for physics exploration and…

It has been widely accepted that planar boron structures, composed of triangular and hexagonal motifs are the most stable two dimensional (2D) phases and likely precursors for boron nanostructures. Here we predict, based on ab initio…

Borophene (two-dimensional boron sheet) is a new type of two-dimensional material, which was recently grown successfully on single crystal Ag substrates. In this paper, we investigate the electronic structure and bonding characteristics of…

Motivated by recent experimental and theoretical research on a monolayer of Boron atoms, Borophene, current-voltage characteristics of three different Borophene sheets, 2Pmmn, 8Pmmn and 8Pmmm, are calculated using density functional theory…

The appearance of van Hove singularities near the Fermi level leads to prominent phenomena, including superconductivity, charge density wave, and ferromagnetism. Here a bilayer Kagome lattice with multiple van Hove singularities is designed…

We predict by first principles calculations that the recently prepared borophene is a pristine two-dimensional (2D) monolayer superconductor, in which the superconductivity can be significantly enhanced by strain and charge carrier doping.…

Borophene, the boron atom analogue to graphene, being atomic thick have been just recently experimentally fabricated. In this work, we employ first-principles density functional theory calculations to investigate the interaction of Ca, Mg,…

Recently, two-dimensional boron sheets have attracted a lot of attentions owing to their structural polymorphs and outstanding properties. And, due to chemical complexity and electron deficiency of B atoms, the 2D boron sheets are easy…

Two-dimensional boron (borophene) is featured by its structural polymorphs and distinct in-plane anisotropy, opening opportunities to achieve tailored electronic properties by intermixing different phases. Here, using scanning tunneling…

Two-dimensional (2D) materials as electrodes is believed to be the trend for future Li-ion and Na-ion batteries technologies. Here, by using first-principles methods, we predict that the recently reported borophene (2D born sheet) can serve…