Chemical bottom-up approach for inorganic single-atomic layers aiming beyond graphene.

A chemical bottom-up approach for single-atomic-layered materials like graphene is attractive due to the possibility of introducing functions. This article includes the synthesis and properties of borophene-oxide and metalladithiolene layers, which are reported as inorganic materials. They have graphene-like two-dimensional networks that enable conjugated structures. Their atomically thin layers are also available by dissolution or synthetic methods. Their two-dimensional electronic features are evaluated from the activation energies for electrical conduction, focusing on the anisotropic features of borophene-oxide layers and the switching abilities of metalladithiolene layers.