The course will be offered as various modules (listed below). Each module
will run for an approx. duration of 2 weeks. Besides text books, each
module will be supplemented with research papers (primarily review
papers). Regular assignments, quizzes, midsem and endsem exams will be
conducted for assessment. Some guest lectures by experts within IITB or
outside will be conducted. Depending on the number of enrolled students,
hands/eyes-on lab experiments (device and material characterization) will
also be planned.

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