Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials

Rafik Addou is a research scientist at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), USA, where he leads efforts on understanding the interface and surface science of graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and other emerging 2D materials for nano- and opto-electronics. He earned a BSc in Physics from Mohamed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco, and MSc in Materials Physics from Aix-Marseille University, France. In 2010, he received his PhD degree in Materials Science from Ecole des Mines (Nancy, France) in association with Empa Materials Science and Technology Laboratory (Thun, Switzerland). Before joining UTD, Dr. Addou was at the University of South Florida (Tampa FL, USA) as a postdoctoral research fellow in Physics where he studied the surface physics of graphene. Luigi Colombo is the Director of Strategic Programs and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. For almost 40 years, he worked on a variety of materials research and development programs and device integration at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX, USA. From 2008-2013 in collaboration with the Ruoff group at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, he discovered and developed a large area graphene film growth using a catalytic CVD process on Cu substrates.

• 1. Introduction2. Physics and theory of defects in two-dimensional materials: The role of reduced dimensionality3. Defects in two-dimensional elemental materials beyond graphene4. Defects in transition metal dichalcogenides5. Efforts in realizing electronic grade graphene and h-BN6. Efforts in realizing electronic grade transition metal dichalcogenide materials7. Materials engineering: Defect passivation and healing 8. Nonequilibrium synthesis and processing approaches to tailor heterogeneity in 2D materials 9. Two-dimensional materials under ion irradiation: From defect production to structure and property engineering10. Tailoring defects for 2D electrocatalysts11. 2D defects and devices: Outlook and perspectives12. Concluding remarks