Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene and their Van der Waals Heterostructures
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2017) | Viewed by 124301
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electronic and optical properties of 2D materials and heterostructures; graphene; scanning probe microscopy; electronic effects in photoexcited materials; surface processes in various environments; nano- and opto-electronic applications of graphene and 2D materials
Interests: laser-assisted growth of graphene; 2D TMDCs materials and applications; ZnO-based nanomaterials, gas sensing, and photocatalysis for water disinfection; amorphous semiconductors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently-isolated two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals provide an attractive material platform for exploring the fundamentals of atomically thin semiconductors, as well as presenting exciting prospects for future advances in fields as diverse as sensors and catalysis, membranes, energy storage/conversion, optoelectronics, spintronics, and valleytronics.
The realm of properties and applications is further enriched by artificially integrating 2D monolayers in vertical and lateral heterostructures, which enable the engineering of novel architectures with a rich combination of properties for multifunctional systems with enhanced performance. Given the astonishing developments in the field, this Special Issue will be dedicated to discussing the very latest research associated with 2D materials and their heterostructures, from fundamentals to applications, and addressing an outlook for emerging advances of the field.
Contributions are invited on 2D materials research-related topics, with special emphasis on (but not limited to):
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Controlled synthesis of 2D materials (including transition metal dichalcogenides, phosphorene, silicene, germanene, stanene) and heterostructures
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Advanced characterisation of electronic, optical, mechanical and catalytic properties
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Surface chemistry and chemical functionalisation of 2D materials, including doping and defect engineering
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Emerging applications in optoelectronics, spintronics, valleytronics, photonics, energy harvesting and storage, catalysis, sensors,
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Modelling of properties and devices based on 2D materials and heterostructures
Dr. Cristina E. Giusca
Dr. Spyros Yannopoulos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
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2D materials
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heterostructures
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layered crystals
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2D heterojunction
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transition metal dichalcogenides
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monolayer
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2D semiconductors
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van der Waals epitaxy
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2D-material based devices
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technological applications
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