Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

2015/11/06 by Ganesh R. Bhimanapati, Zhong Lin, Vincent Meunier +24 · 2,650 citations
Materials Science · #2D Materials and Applications #Characterization (materials science) #Condensed matter physics #Ferromagnetism #Graphene #Graphene research and applications #Graphite #MXene and MAX Phase Materials #MXenes #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Phosphorene #Physics #Silicene #Spintronics #van der Waals force

paper · open access · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b05556

published in ACS Nano 9(12), 11509-11539 (American Chemical Society)

openalex publication_date 2015/11/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

The isolation of graphene in 2004 from graphite was a defining moment for the "birth" of a field: two-dimensional (2D) materials. In recent years, there has been a rapidly increasing number of papers focusing on non-graphene layered materials, including transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), because of the new properties and applications that emerge upon 2D confinement. Here, we review significant recent advances and important new developments in 2D materials "beyond graphene". We provide insight into the theoretical modeling and understanding of the van der Waals (vdW) forces that hold together the 2D layers in bulk solids, as well as their excitonic properties and growth morphologies. Additionally, we highlight recent breakthroughs in TMD synthesis and characterization and discuss the newest families of 2D materials, including monoelement 2D materials (i.e., silicene, phosphorene, etc.) and transition metal carbide- and carbon nitride-based MXenes. We then discuss the doping and functionalization of 2D materials beyond graphene that enable device applications, followed by advances in electronic, optoelectronic, and magnetic devices and theory. Finally, we provide perspectives on the future of 2D materials beyond graphene.

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