Fabrication and Physical Properties of Novel Two-dimensional Crystal Materials Beyond Graphene: Germanene, Hafnene and PtSe2

Reports on the first-ever experimental fabrication of germanene and details its atomic structure Presents the first example of a transition metal honeycomb structurehafnium crystalline monolayer Reveals the atomic structure of monolayer PtSe2 and confirms its semiconducting electronic structure Develops a new epitaxial growth method for transition metal dichalcogenides, involving direct selenization of metal supports Nominated as an outstanding doctoral thesis by the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Linfei Li received his B.S. degree in Physics from Shandong University, China in 2008, and his Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015. His doctoral research project in Prof. Hongjun Gao's group focused on the fabrication and investigating the physical properties of novel two-dimensional atomic crystals beyond graphene. He then conducted postdoctoral research with Prof. Freund at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, in the course of which he primarily studied structure-catalytic activity relationships of thin oxide films grown on metal supports.

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Introduction.- Germanene on Pt(111).- Hafnene on Ir(111).- Monolayer PtSe2.- Summary and Outlook. <p