Group IV Semiconductor 2D Materials: The Case of Silicene and Germanene

Contents 13.1 Introduction: Motivation and Technology Drivers ............................... 350 13.2 Free-Standing Silicene and Germanene .................................................. 351 13.3 Epitaxial Silicene on Metal Substrates ..................................................... 354

13.3.1 Case of Ag(111) ............................................................................... 354 13.3.2 Case of Other Metal Substrates ................................................... 359 13.3.3 Case of the Silicene Multilayer ....................................................360