What is special about phosphorene?
There is
rising interest in phosphorene, a 2D monolayer of black phosphorus,
for electronic applications in the post-graphene era. Phosphorene can be
exfoliated from bulk black phosphorus in the same way as graphene from bulk
graphite. Phosphorene is stable and, unlike graphene, displays a nonzero
fundamental band gap. Early observations indicate that carrier mobility in
phosphorene is rather high; even though it does not measure up to the semimetallic
graphene, it appears to be superior to transition metal dichalcogenides such as
MoS2.
The rapidly rising interest in the field calls for an informal symposium, where
researchers can freely exchange ideas and discriminate between more and less
fruitful experimental and theoretical approaches.
