Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials: Characterization, Defect-Engineering, and Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2024) | Viewed by 1626
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the state-of-the-art research progress in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials. Thanks to their exceptional optical, electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties, 2D materials attract significant interest for both their use in fundamental science and their related applications. Designing new 2D structures to unlock novel functionalities, laying the groundwork for the next-generation devices, is of particular interest. Several approaches are exploited to this end, ranging from the manipulation of these materials’ natural properties via structural defect engineering or assembling and mixing 2D materials in homo- or heterostructures, e.g., band structure tuning via altering the lattice structure or via twisting the atomic planes in vertical heterostructures; tuning optical and electronic properties by mixing different materials; generating photon sources via defect-based color centers; and enhancing surface chemical reactivity via structural defect engineering. Consequently, the newly developed structures represent the ideal candidates for developing innovative devices in the fields of optics, photonics, electronics, opto-electronics, radiation sensing, biosensing, opto-mechanics, etc.
The present Special Issue is primarily devoted to novel experimental studies on 2D materials that explore property characterization, property tuning via materials assembling and defect engineering (design, methodology control, and characterization), and their applications in device physics.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit full papers, communications, and reviews for this Special Issue.
Dr. Federica Bianco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 2D materials
- van der Waals homo- and heterostructures
- defect engineering
- property engineering
- property characterization
- structural investigational 2D-material-based device physics
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