Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The advent of 2D materials has revolutionized condensed matter physics and materials science, offering unprecedented opportunities to explore exotic physical phenomena, engineer novel functionalities, and address critical technological challenges across diverse fields. Over the past two decades, the exploration of 2D materials has expanded beyond graphene, encompassing a vast library of atomically thin crystals and their heterostructures. These materials exhibit extraordinary electronic, optical, thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties, and hold promise for breakthroughs in electronics, optoelectronics, quantum technologies, energy storage, catalysis, thermal management, filtration and separation, and beyond. Many exciting new physics and phenomena continue to emerge, while select 2D materials, such as graphene, h-BN, and the semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), are transitioning from laboratory-scale demonstrations to industrial applications. In this context, a holistic understanding of synthesis, structure-property relationships, integration, and performance optimization is essential. This roadmap reviews the multifaceted challenges and opportunities in 2D materials research, focusing on the synthesis, properties and applications of representative systems including graphene and its derivatives, TMDCs, MXenes as well as their heterostructures and moiré systems.
Source: Apollo (University of Cambridge)
DOI: 10.17863/cam.124565
Authors: Ren, Wencai, Boggild, Peter, Redwing, Joan M, Novoselov, Konstantin S, Sun, Luzhao, Qi, Yue, Jia, Kaicheng, Liu, Zhongfan, Burton, Oliver, Alexander-Webber, Jack Allen, Hofmann, Stephan, Cao, Yang, Long, Yu, Yang, Quan-Hong, Li, Dan, Choi, Soo Ho, Kim, Ki Kang, Lee, Young Hee, Li, Mian, Huang, Qing, Gogotsi, Yury, Clark, Nick, Carl, Amy, Gorbachev, Roman, Olsen, Thomas, Rosen, Johanna, Thygesen, Kristian Sommer, Efetov, Prof Dr Dmitri K, Jessen, Bjarke S, Yankowitz, Matthew, Barrier, Julien, Kumar, Roshan Krishna, Koppens, Frank, Deng, Hui, Li, Xiaoqin, Dai, Siyuan, Basov, Dmitri, Wang, Xinran, Das, Saptarshi, Duan, Xiangfeng, Yu, Zhihao, Borsch, Markus, Ferrari, Andrea C, Huber, Rupert, Kira, Mackillo, Xia, Fengnian, Wang, Xiao, Wu, Zhong-Shuai, Feng, Xinliang, Simon, Patrice, Cheng, Hui-Ming, Liu, Bilu, Xie, Yi, Jin, Wanqin, Nair, Rahul Raveendran, Xu, Yan, Zhang, Hao-Bin, Pellegrini, Vittorio, Qu, Bill, Lemme, Max, Katiyar, Ajit, Ahn, Jong-Hyun, Aharonovich, Igor, Hersam, Mark C, Roche, Stephan, Hua, Qilin, Shen, Guozhen, Ren, Tian-Ling, Koo, Chong Min, Koratkar, Nikhil A, Young, Robert J, Pollard, Andrew
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, W. M. Keck Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Yale University, Northwestern University, Villum Fonden, Graphene Flagship, European Commission, National Research Foundation, National Research Foundation Singapore, Ministry of Education - Singapore, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Generalitat de Catalunya, Hubei University of Technology, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, National Research Foundation of Korea, Novo Nordisk, Ministry of Education, India, Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, Beijing Institute of Technology, Bộ Giáo dục và Ðào tạo, Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Institute for Basic Science, Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars, Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, Hubei University, Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, Office of Naval Research, Division of Materials Research, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research Global
Awards: G1088949837, G1458973952, DMREF: III-nitride Monolayers and Extreme Quantum Dots, Collaborative Research: NSF-BSF: On-Chip High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy with a Single Tunable van der Waals Heterostructure Photodetector, G1958285767, G2410636567, Engineering van der Waals heterostructures: from atomic level layer-by-layer assembly to printable innovative devices, Enhancing Quantum Emissions from Atomically Thin Semiconductors with Metasurfaces, EFRI NewLAW: CMOS-Compatible Electrically Controlled Nonreciprocal Light Propagation with 2D Materials, EFRI BRAID: Emulating Cerebellar Temporally Coherent Signaling for Ultraefficient Emergent Prediction, G3882347383, Expanding the Environmental Frontiers of Operando Metrology for Advanced Device Materials Development, Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, G434337789, Integration of Novel Materials in Spintronic Devices, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Graphene Technology, G5085048528, Graphene Flagship Core Project 2, Graphene Flexible Electronics and Optoelectronics: Bridging The Gap Between Academia and Industry, G7425413337, G7701601135, G7777819896, CVD enabled Graphene Technology and Devices (GRAPHTED), G976823522
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