Two-dimensional Materials

Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Applications

Pramoda Kumar Nayak

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9789535125549
• eBook ISBN: 9789535141860
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Mining Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

There are only a few discoveries and new technologies in materials science that have the potential to dramatically alter and revolutionize our material world. Discovery of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the thinnest form of materials to ever occur in nature, is one of them. After isolation of graphene from graphite in 2004, a whole other class of atomically thin materials, dominated by surface effects and showing completely unexpected and extraordinary properties, has been created. This book provides a comprehensive view and state-of-the-art knowledge about 2D materials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) and so on. It consists of 11 chapters contributed by a team of experts in this exciting field and provides latest synthesis techniques of 2D materials, characterization and their potential applications in energy conservation, electronics, optoelectronics and biotechnology.

Table of contents

• Two-dimensional Materials - Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Applications
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Synthesis Strategies about 2D Materials
• Chapter 2 Langmuir‐Blodgett Methodology: A Versatile Technique to Build 2D Material Films
• Chapter 3 Heteroepitaxial Growth of III–V Semiconductors on 2D Materials
• Chapter 4 Two‐Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion Applications
• Chapter 5 Defect Engineered 2D Materials for Energy Applications
• Chapter 6 Graphene against Other Two‐Dimensional Materials: A Comparative Study on the Basis of Electronic Applications
• Chapter 7 Application of 2D Materials to Ultrashort Laser Pulse Generation
• Chapter 8 2D-Based Nanofluids: Materials Evaluation and Performance
• Chapter 9 Diverse Thermal Transport Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials: A Comparative Review
• Chapter 10 Mechanical Properties and Applications of Two-Dimensional Materials
• Chapter 11 Design, Assembly, and Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials into Functional Biomimetic Device Systems