2D metals are desired for their potential photonic and catalytic properties, but their synthesis is challenging due to the isotropic nature of metallic bonding. Here, the authors report a bottom-up method to fabricate nearly-freestanding 2D Au monolayers on Ir(111) substrates via boron intercalation.
- Alexei Preobrajenski
- Nikolay Vinogradov
- Andrey Lyalin
