2D Materials and Devices

1. Fundamental properties of 2D materials: Chemical bonding, crystal structure, electronic band structure doping, defects, anisotropy 2. Growth and material characterization of 2D materials: Physical and chemical growth/synthesis (exfoliation, CVD, hydrothermal etc.), Material characterization (Raman/XPS/TEM/STM etc.) 3. Electronic transport in devices with 2D material channels: Boltzmann transport, Impurity and phonon scattering, mobility, contact resistance 4. Optical properties of 2D materials: Interband and intraband transitions, tunability, excitonic and plasmonic effects 5. Electronic devices based on 2D materials: Transistors (DC/RF), diodes, hall/gated hall bars, TLMs 6. Optoelectronic devices using 2D materials: Photodetectors, modulators, LEDs, photovoltaic devices 7. van der Waals heterostructures: Tunnel diodes and FETs, p-n heterostructures 8. Other 2D materials and their properties- silicene, germanene, stanene, etc. 9. Other applications of 2D materials-based devices - sensors, spintronics, valleytronics, flexible electronics