As the first in a large family of 2D van der Waals (vdW) materials, graphene has attracted
enormous attention owing to its remarkable properties. The recent development of simple …

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) monolayers have attracted considerable interest as
atomically thin sp 2-hybridized sheets that are readily synthesized on various metal …

Porphyrins and other tetrapyrrole macrocycles possess an impressive variety of functional
properties that have been exploited in natural and artificial systems. Different metal centres …

Abstract van der Waals heterostructures, composed of vertically stacked inorganic 2D
materials, represent an ideal platform to demonstrate novel device architectures and to …

The first isolation of graphene opens the avenue for new platforms for physics, electronic
engineering, and materials sciences. Among several kinds of synthesis approaches …

The recent advances in the field of 2D hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) for realizing electronic
and optoelectronic devices, including wearable and portable devices, have aroused …

Molecular self-assembly is a well-known technique to create highly functional
nanostructures on surfaces. Self-assembly on two-dimensional (2D) materials is a …

The 'graphene rush'that started almost a decade ago is far from over. The dazzling
properties of graphene have long warranted a number of applications in various domains of …

Two-dimensional (2D) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have been recently proposed as a
flexible material platform for realizing exotic quantum phases including topological and …

Tuning the charge carrier density of two-dimensional (2D) materials by incorporating
dopants into the crystal lattice is a challenging task. An attractive alternative is the surface …