Advances in Low Dimensional and 2D Materials

2D materials are crystalline materials consisting of a single layer of atoms. They gained much consideration due to their extraordinary properties. Since the isolation of single layer graphene in 2004, work on graphene analogues of 2D materials have progressed rapidly across the scientific and engineering fields. Moreover, the existence in nature of layered crystallographic structures where exotic properties emerge when the thickness is reduced to few monolayers has enlarged the field of low dimensional (i.e. quasi 2D) materials. The special topic aims to collect the recent advances in technologically relevant low-dimensional and 2D materials, such as graphene, layered semiconductors (e.g. MoS₂, WS₂, WSe₂, PtSe₂, MoTe_2, Black-P etc.), MXene and insulators, topological insulators like Bi₂Te₃, Sb₂Te₃, etc. The scope of this special topic will address recent trends in 2D materials and hybrid structures, and their widespread applications in device technology and measurement.  The issue will also address what the current challenges for industrial scale synthesis of 2D materials are, how materials, physics, and measurements can help, and what new technologies and applications are on the prospect.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

Guest Editors:

Dr. Dattatray Late, AU-Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, India