2D Monoelemental Arsenene, Antimonene, and Bismuthene: Beyond Black Phosphorus

Pumera, Martin; Sofer, Zdeněk

doi:10.1002/adma.201605299

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“…This attribute makes it suitable for applications of optoelectronics. Moreover, antimonene is highly stable; the structure of antimonene has not changed noticeably, after one month in the air, making it promising for practical application …”

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2D Crystal–Based Fibers: Status and Challenges

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2D crystals are emerging new materials in multidisciplinary fields including condensed state physics, electronics, energy, environmental engineering, and biomedicine. To employ 2D crystals for practical applications, these nanoscale crystals need to be processed into macroscale materials, such as suspensions, fibers, films, and 3D macrostructures. Among these macromaterials, fibers are flexible, knittable, and easy to use, which can fully reflect the advantages of the structure and properties of 2D crystals. Therefore, the fabrication and application of 2D crystal–based fibers is of great importance for expanding the impact of 2D crystals. In this Review, 2D crystals that are successfully prepared are overviewed based on their composition of elements. Subsequently, methods for preparing 2D crystals, 2D crystals dispersions, and 2D crystal–based fibers are systematically introduced. Then, the applications of 2D crystal–based fibers, such as flexible electronic devices, high‐efficiency catalysis, and adsorption, are also discussed. Finally, the status‐of‐quo, perspectives, and future challenges of 2D crystal–based fibers are summarized. This Review provides directions and guidelines for developing new 2D crystal–based fibers and exploring their potentials in the fields of smart wearable devices.

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2D Crystal–Based Fibers: Status and Challenges

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“…In addition, the PEG-coated AMQDs also showed excellent NIR light-induced tumor ablation and biocompatibility in vivo . It is worth mentioning that As, Bi, and Sb all belong to the VA group of elements with layer-by-layer structure, [20] and thus analogous methods may also be utilized to generate 2D layered elemental materials ( e.g. , arsenene and bismuthene) with ultrasmall size in suitable exfoliation solutions.…”

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Antimonene Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Application as Near‐Infrared Photothermal Agents for Effective Cancer Therapy

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Photothermal therapy (PTT) has shown significant potential for cancer therapy. However, developing nanomaterials (NMs)-based photothermal agents (PTAs) with satisfactory photothermal conversion efficacy (PTCE) and biocompatibility remains a key challenge. Herein, a new generation of PTAs based on two-dimensional (2D) antimonene quantum dots (AMQDs) was developed by a novel liquid exfoliation method. Surface modification of AMQDs with polyethylene glycol (PEG) significantly enhanced both biocompatibility and stability in physiological medium. The PEG-coated AMQDs showed a PTCE of 45.5%, which is higher than many other NMs-based PTAs such as graphene, Au, MoS2, and black phosphorus (BP). The AMQDs-based PTAs also exhibited a unique feature of NIR-induced rapid degradability. Through both in vitro and in vivo studies, the PEG-coated AMQDs demonstrated notable NIR-induced tumor ablation ability. This work is expected to expand the utility of 2D antimonene (AM) to biomedical applications through the development of an entirely novel PTA platform.

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“…It is known that multilayer β-antimonene is a topological insulator, but that coupling between the surfaces destroys the topological states in few-monolayerthick films [20,21], unless sufficient strain is applied [22]. In contrast, despite significant theoretical interest [23][24][25][26][27], α-antimonene has never been realized experimentally and its topological properties have not been investigated. The α-phases of Sb and Bi are particularly interesting because they have structures that are homologous to those recently used to build novel BP transistors [28].…”

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Engineering multiple topological phases in nanoscale Van der Waals heterostructures: realisation of α-antimonene

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Van der Waals heterostructures have recently been identified as providing many opportunities to create new two-dimensional materials, and in particular to produce materials with topologicallyinteresting states. Here we show that it is possible to create such heterostructures with multiple topological phases in a single nanoscale island. We discuss their growth within the framework of diffusion-limited aggregation, the formation of moiré patterns due to the differing crystallographies of the materials comprising the heterostructure, and the potential to engineer both the electronic structure as well as local variations of topological order. In particular we show that it is possible to build islands which include both the hexagonal β-and rectangular α-forms of antimonene, on top of the topological insulator α-bismuthene. This is the first experimental realisation of α-antimonene, and we show that it is a topologically non-trivial material in the quantum spin Hall class.

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2D Monoelemental Arsenene, Antimonene, and Bismuthene: Beyond Black Phosphorus

Cited by 656 publications

References 45 publications

2D Crystal–Based Fibers: Status and Challenges

2D Crystal–Based Fibers: Status and Challenges

Antimonene Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Application as Near‐Infrared Photothermal Agents for Effective Cancer Therapy

Engineering multiple topological phases in nanoscale Van der Waals heterostructures: realisation of α-antimonene

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