Graphene and Beyond: Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials Synthesis, Properties, and Devices

Yu Lei; Tianyi Zhang; Yu-Chuan Lin; Tomotaroh Granzier-Nakajima; George Bepete; Dorota A Kowalczyk; Zhong Lin; Da Zhou; Thomas F Schranghamer; Akhil Dodda; Amritanand Sebastian; Yifeng Chen; Yuanyue Liu; Geoffrey Pourtois; Thomas J Kempa; Bruno Schuler; Mark T Edmonds; Su Ying Quek; Ursula Wurstbauer; Stephen M Wu; Nicholas R Glavin; Saptarshi Das; Saroj Prasad Dash; Joan M Redwing; Joshua A Robinson; Mauricio Terrones

doi:10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00017

Graphene and Beyond: Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials Synthesis, Properties, and Devices

ACS Nanosci Au. 2022 Dec 21;2(6):450-485. doi: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.2c00017. Epub 2022 Sep 16.

Authors

Yu Lei^{1

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4}, Tianyi Zhang^{4

5}, Yu-Chuan Lin^{2

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5}, Tomotaroh Granzier-Nakajima^{1

4}, George Bepete^{1

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6}, Dorota A Kowalczyk⁷, Zhong Lin⁸, Da Zhou^{1

4}, Thomas F Schranghamer⁹, Akhil Dodda⁹, Amritanand Sebastian⁹, Yifeng Chen¹⁰, Yuanyue Liu¹¹, Geoffrey Pourtois¹², Thomas J Kempa¹³, Bruno Schuler¹⁴, Mark T Edmonds¹⁵, Su Ying Quek¹⁰, Ursula Wurstbauer¹⁶, Stephen M Wu¹⁷, Nicholas R Glavin¹⁸, Saptarshi Das^{2

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9}, Saroj Prasad Dash¹⁹, Joan M Redwing^{4

5}, Joshua A Robinson^{2

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5}, Mauricio Terrones^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
² Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
³ Institute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
⁴ Center for 2-Dimensional and Layered Materials, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
⁵ Department of Material Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
⁷ Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Lodz, Pomorska 149/153, Lodz 90-236, Poland.
⁸ Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
⁹ Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore.
¹¹ Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
¹² Imec, Kapeldreef 75, Heverlee 3001, Belgium.
¹³ Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States.
¹⁴ nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland.
¹⁵ School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
¹⁶ Institute of Physics, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, Münster 48149, Germany.
¹⁷ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States.
¹⁸ Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States.
¹⁹ Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg SE-412 96, Sweden.
²⁰ Research Initiative for Supra-Materials and Global Aqua Innovation Center, Shinshu University, 4-17-1Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan.

Abstract

Since the isolation of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) materials research has rapidly evolved into an entire subdiscipline in the physical sciences with a wide range of emergent applications. The unique 2D structure offers an open canvas to tailor and functionalize 2D materials through layer number, defects, morphology, moiré pattern, strain, and other control knobs. Through this review, we aim to highlight the most recent discoveries in the following topics: theory-guided synthesis for enhanced control of 2D morphologies, quality, yield, as well as insights toward novel 2D materials; defect engineering to control and understand the role of various defects, including in situ and ex situ methods; and properties and applications that are related to moiré engineering, strain engineering, and artificial intelligence. Finally, we also provide our perspective on the challenges and opportunities in this fascinating field.

Publication types

Review