The fabrication of wafer-scale two-dimensional (2D) materials is a prerequisite and
important step for their industrial applications. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is the most …

Motivated by the high expectation for efficient electrostatic modulation of charge transport at
very low voltages, atomically thin 2D materials with a range of bandgaps are investigated …

Graphene (Gr) and its derivatives (such as graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide
(RGO), nanoparticles decorated graphene, etc.) reinforced metal matrix composites (MMC) …

The successful exfoliation of graphene has given a tremendous boost to research on various
two-dimensional (2D) materials in the last 15 years. Different from traditional thin films, a 2D …

Nanostructured materials have gained immense attraction because of their extraordinary
properties compared to the bulk materials to be used in a plethora of applications in myriad …

Heterostructures based on layering of two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene
and hexagonal boron nitride represent a new class of electronic devices. Realizing this …

Achieving low resistance contacts is vital for the realization of nanoelectronic devices based
on transition metal dichalcogenides. We find that intrinsic defects in MoS2 dominate the …

Density functional theory calculations are performed to unravel the nature of the contact
between metal electrodes and monolayer MoS2. Schottky barriers are shown to be present …

A methodology for semiempirical density functional optimization, using regularization and
cross-validation methods from machine learning, is developed. We demonstrate that such …

Tunnel field effect transistors (TFETs) based on vertical stacking of two dimensional
materials are of interest for low-power logic devices. The monolayer transition metal …