2D materials | Nanoenergyeng

Graphene a wonder material provided the high excitement and impact in research and technology. Like wise isolated 2D atomic layers that go beyond graphene and have a rich variety of composition, electronic structures and properties. There is an opportunity for material scientists to engineer the band gaps in these 2D atomic layers to span the entire range of materials from metals to semiconductors to insulators. We are pursuing strategies to synthesize, characterize and find applications for several of the 2D materials that complement graphene in properties. We use atmospheric pressure plasma to functionalise, deposit 2D materials for example boron-carbon-nitrogen systems, metal di chalcogenides, Mxene., etc. fall into this category. Atomic layers of these materials and the possibility of creating unique hybrids of these materials are being explored with several applications in mind.