Fundamental Physicochemical Properties of Germanene-related Materials

Ming-Fa Lin is a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. This book is based upon research undertaken by the Research Group he leads at the university department. He received his Ph.D. in physics in 1993 from the National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan. His main scientific interests focus on essential properties of carbon-related materials and low-dimensional systems. He is a member of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and Taiwan Physical Society.

1. Introduction 2. Quasiparticle Framework 3. Experimental measurements 4. Monolayer and bilayer germanene systems 5. BCN-adsorbed germanenes 6. Carbon-/boron-/nitrogen-substituted germanenes 7. Hydrogen-adsorbed group-IV materials 8. Fundamental properties of transition-metal-adsorbed germanene: A DFT study 9. Geometric structures, electronic, and excitonic optical properties of Germanium dioxide a – GeO2 10. Spin-diversified quasiparticle behaviors in rare-earth La- and Eu-adsorbed germanene materials 11. Germanene on Ag(111) 12. Bilayer germanene/silicene composites 13. Germannene nanotubes 14. Dimension-enriched essential properties of Ge-related materials 15. Alkali-adsorbed germanene nanoribbons 16. RE-T-silicon/-germanium intermetallic materials 17. Li-Ge-O electrolyte of Li+-based batteries 18. Insight into electronic and optical properties of Inorganic Ge-Based Halide Perovskites (CsGeI3) 19. Chemical modification of Sb thin film 20. Substrate effects of two-dimensional materials on few-layer antimony 21. Concluding remarks 22. Potential applications 23. Open issues and future challenge 24. Problem