In this course, students will learn the remarkable phenomena occurring at lower dimensions which are universally applicable to a wide range of two- dimensional materials and their heterostructures. The course will provide the fundamental physics&chemistry knowledge required to understand the macroscopic behaviors two- dimensional materials starting from graphene and spanning a wide range of spectrum including graphyne, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, silicene, germanene, phosphorene, antimonene, nitrogene, metal hydroxides and polymers in two-dimensional networks. This course will also present important applications of two-dimensional materials in energy storage/harvesting, carbon capture and water filtering devices as well as discussing the quantum effects such as superconductivity, superlubricity and nano-capacitance that can be observed in low-dimensional materials. The course is research oriented and successful students will be able to contribute to research papers at the end of the course.

The course is research oriented and successful students will be able to contribute to research papers at the end of the course. The lectures will be in a discussion setting. Students will learn the remarkable phenomena occurring at lower dimensions which are universally applicable to a wide range of two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures. The course will provide the fundamental physics&chemistry knowledge required to understand the macroscopic behaviors of two-dimensional materials starting from graphene and spanning a wide range of spectrum including graphyne, boron nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, silicene, germanene, phosphorene, antimonene, nitrogene, metal hydroxides and polymers in two-dimensional networks. Important applications of two-dimensional materials in energy storage/harvesting, carbon capture and water filtering devices as well as quantum effects such as superconductivity, superlubricity and nano-capacitance will be discussed.

(1) 2D Materials: Properties and Devices. Avouris, P., Heinz, T., & Low, T. (2017), Cambridge U. Press.
(2) Introduction to the Physics of Silicene and other 2D Materials, Cahangirov, S., Sahin, H., Le Lay, G., & Rubio, A. (2017), Springer.
(3) Graphene: A New Paradigm in Condensed Matter and Device Physics, Wolf, E. L., (2013), Oxford U. Press.
(4) Introduction to Nanoscience, Gabor Hornyak, L., Dutta, J., Tibbals H., & Anil K. (2008), CRC Press.