"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. The generalized tight-binding model -- 2.1. Monolayer graphene -- 2.2. Tetra-layer graphene -- 2.3. Tinene -- 2.4. Monolayer and bilayer phosphorenes -- 2.5. MoS2 -- 2.6. A suitable, reliable and wide-range model -- 2.7. Numerical calculations3. Graphene -- 3.1. Theoretical results -- 3.2. Experiment…