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New families of lamellar materials reducible to the atomic thickness (two-dimensional – 2D) similar to graphene have attracted intense scientific and technological interest, as they present optical, mechanical, electronic, magnetic and thermal properties dramatically different from their volumetric precursors, widely studied in previous decades. New 2D lamellar materials including transition metal dichalcogenides, post-transition metal monochalcogenides, organic and inorganic perovskites and so on are now envisioned as flexible atomic-thickness building blocks for optoelectronics, photonics, and semiconductor technology. The weakly interacting adjacent layers, their electronic and structural anisotropies, and the adjustable bands by controlled modifications, for example, make them platforms for the modeling, observation and test of unprecedented new physical phenomena. These advances are the foundation of their use in relevant and timely purposes as sustainable developments, ranging from the miniaturization of the conventional semiconductor technology with low-dissipation and high-efficiency device architectures, until new composites for ambient decontamination and nanostructured slow-release fertilizers.
Recent experimental and theoretical advances are fundamental in the analysis of new 2D materials dimensionality-related open questions. For example, the development and use of frontier, high-resolution spectroscopic and spatial techniques are essential to probe and engineer their properties at the nanoscale. From another side, the use of artificial intelligence to understand new materials is expanding quickly. This Research Topic aims to promote a highly-specialized discussion board focused on the study of new physical phenomena arising from the reduced dimensionality of transition metal dichalcogenides as a model for lamellar materials, at the nanoscale, and their optimization, especially for sustainable and innovative use perspectives. It will be an initiative to expand the barrier of the current knowledge on the physics of 2D materials, providing insights for solving technological bottlenecks for large-scale industrial uses.
The present Research Topic is focused on reuniting relevant contributions on the study of the dimensionality effects on the physical properties of new 2D materials, focusing on the TMDs family. Structural modifications as properties tenability strategies are also welcomed, as well as the study of heterostructures. Novelty on the optical, thermal, mechanical, electrical and structural properties are also on the scope of this Research Topic. The following themes are desired (but not limited to):
- Electronic and Optoelectronic properties of TMDs for sustainability;
- Environmentally-friendly TMDs at the nanoscale: physical properties and applications;
- Artificial intelligence and theoretical studies for TMDs structural and properties
prediction.
Recent experimental and theoretical advances are fundamental in the analysis of new 2D materials dimensionality-related open questions. For example, the development and use of frontier, high-resolution spectroscopic and spatial techniques are essential to probe and engineer their properties at the nanoscale. From another side, the use of artificial intelligence to understand new materials is expanding quickly. This Research Topic aims to promote a highly-specialized discussion board focused on the study of new physical phenomena arising from the reduced dimensionality of transition metal dichalcogenides as a model for lamellar materials, at the nanoscale, and their optimization, especially for sustainable and innovative use perspectives. It will be an initiative to expand the barrier of the current knowledge on the physics of 2D materials, providing insights for solving technological bottlenecks for large-scale industrial uses.
The present Research Topic is focused on reuniting relevant contributions on the study of the dimensionality effects on the physical properties of new 2D materials, focusing on the TMDs family. Structural modifications as properties tenability strategies are also welcomed, as well as the study of heterostructures. Novelty on the optical, thermal, mechanical, electrical and structural properties are also on the scope of this Research Topic. The following themes are desired (but not limited to):
- Electronic and Optoelectronic properties of TMDs for sustainability;
- Environmentally-friendly TMDs at the nanoscale: physical properties and applications;
- Artificial intelligence and theoretical studies for TMDs structural and properties
prediction.
Keywords: optoelectronic properties, dimensionality-related phenomena, heterostructures, sustainability applications perspective, transition metal dichalcogenides
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