Properties Of 2D Crystals Research Articles

2D Crystal-Based Fibers: Status and Challenges.

2D crystals are emerging new materials in multidisciplinary fields including condensed state physics, electronics, energy, environmental engineering, and biomedicine. To employ 2D crystals for practical applications, these nanoscale crystals need to be processed into macroscale materials, such as suspensions, fibers, films, and 3D macrostructures. Among these macromaterials, fibers are flexible, knittable, and easy to use, which can fully reflect the advantages of the structure and properties of 2D crystals. Therefore, the fabrication and application of 2D crystal-based fibers is of great importance for expanding the impact of 2D crystals. In this Review, 2D crystals that are successfully prepared are overviewed based on their composition of elements. Subsequently, methods for preparing 2D crystals, 2D crystals dispersions, and 2D crystal-based fibers are systematically introduced. Then, the applications of 2D crystal-based fibers, such as flexible electronic devices, high-efficiency catalysis, and adsorption, are also discussed. Finally, the status-of-quo, perspectives, and future challenges of 2D crystal-based fibers are summarized. This Review provides directions and guidelines for developing new 2D crystal-based fibers and exploring their potentials in the fields of smart wearable devices.

Flexible Device Applications of 2D Semiconductors.

Graphene-like single- or few-layer semiconductors, such as dichalcogenides and buckled nanocrystals, possess direct and tunable bandgaps, and excellent electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties. This unique set of desirable properties of 2D semiconductors has triggered great interest in developing ultra-thin 2D flexible electronic devices, which ranges from realizing better material quality and simplified fabrication processes, to improving device performance and expanding the application horizon. The most explored 2D flexible devices based on transition metal dichalcogenides and black phosphorous include field-effect transistors, optoelectronics, electronic sensors and supercapacitors. By taking advantage of a large portfolio of materials and properties of 2D crystals, a new generation of low-cost, high-performance, transparent, flexible and wearable devices looks attractive and promising in advancing flexible electronic technologies.