A review of the synthesis, properties, and applications of 2D materials

V Shanmugam, RA Mensah, K Babu… - Particle & Particle …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the modern age of nanotechnology, the discovery of graphene has opened up the way to
study and develop of several novel 2D materials. The unique physical and chemical …

Peel tests for quantifying adhesion and toughness: A review

MD Bartlett, SW Case, AJ Kinloch, DA Dillard - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Functionally graded graphene reinforced composite structures: A review

S Zhao, Z Zhao, Z Yang, LL Ke, S Kitipornchai… - Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to their superior mechanical properties, eg exceptionally high Young's modulus, high
strength, large specific surface area, and good thermal conductivity, graphene and its …

Wearable triboelectric nanogenerators for biomechanical energy harvesting

Y Zou, V Raveendran, J Chen - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
With compelling features of flexibility, conformability, and user friendliness, wearable
bioelectronics have undergone tremendous development on account of miniaturization and …

Strain engineering of 2D materials: issues and opportunities at the interface

Z Dai, L Liu, Z Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Triggered by the growing needs of developing semiconductor devices at ever‐decreasing
scales, strain engineering of 2D materials has recently seen a surge of interest. The goal of …

The road for 2D semiconductors in the silicon age

S Wang, X Liu, P Zhou - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Continued reduction in transistor size can improve the performance of silicon integrated
circuits (ICs). However, as Moore's law approaches physical limits, high‐performance …

[HTML][HTML] Production and processing of graphene and related materials

C Backes, AM Abdelkader, C Alonso… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

Mechanotribological aspects of MXene‐reinforced nanocomposites

M Malaki, RS Varma - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
MXenes are recently discovered 2D nanomaterial with superior mechanical, thermal, and
tribological properties, being commonly employed in a wide variety of critical research …

Emerging Versatile Two‐Dimensional MoSi2N4 Family

Y Yin, Q Gong, M Yi, W Guo - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of 2D layered MoSi2N4 and WSi2N4 without knowing their 3D parents by
chemical vapor deposition in 2020 has stimulated extensive studies of 2D MA2Z4 system …

Intrinsic toughening and stable crack propagation in hexagonal boron nitride

Y Yang, Z Song, G Lu, Q Zhang, B Zhang, B Ni… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
If a bulk material can withstand a high load without any irreversible damage (such as plastic
deformation), it is usually brittle and can fail catastrophically,. This trade-off between strength …