The advent of multilayer antimonene nanoribbons with room temperature orange light emission

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jun 28;52(54):8409-12. doi: 10.1039/c6cc02778d.

Abstract

Multilayer antimonene nanoribbons with room temperature orange light emission uniformly distributed on InSb were synthesized by the plasma-assisted process. The bandgap opening was caused by the quantum confinement effect of the nanoribbon structure and the turbostratic stacking of antimonene layers. This attractive two-dimensional material, whose band structure is proper for applications of transistors and light-emitting diodes, was first synthesized.