Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) materials of van der Waals layered crystals, such as graphene and metal dichalcogenides nanosheets, have been used to support the deposition of inorganic nanostructures with controlled orientation and surface alignment via epitaxial growth. Recently, high-quality semiconducting molecular crystals have also been deposited on graphene or hexagonal boron nitride for fabrication of electronic devices with good performance. In this perspective, some examples of deposition of molecular crystals on 2D materials are provided, and challenges and future direction in this field are also discussed.
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通过剥离以石墨烯, 金属硫族化合物等为代表的基于范德华作用力形成的层状晶体而得到的二维无机纳米片材料, 目前已经被用作外延生长的摸板, 广泛地应用于具有特定晶格取向和晶体表面的无机纳米晶体的制备. 此外, 基于石墨烯和六方氮化硼二维材料的半导体分子晶体的制备正被不断报道, 成为一个新的研究热点. 这种基于二维材料的分子晶体复合物在有机电子器件方面具有巨大的应用前景. 本论文对基于二维材料的分子晶体复合材料的制备及应用进行了总结, 同时也讨论了这个领域目前面临的问题和挑战, 以及未来的研究方向.
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Xiao Huang received her bachelor degree from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in 2006 and completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor Hua Zhang and Professor Freddy Boey in 2011. After that, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Hua Zhang’s group. She is now a professor at the Institute of Advanced Materials of Nanjing Tech University in China. Her research interest includes the synthesis and applications of two-dimensional nanomaterial-based hybrid structures.
Hua Zhang obtained his BSc and MSc degrees at Nanjing University in 1992 and 1995, respectively, and completed his PhD supervised by Professor Zhongfan Liu at Peking University in 1998. As a Postdoctoral Fellow, he joined Prof. Frans C. De Schryver’s group at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) in 1999, and then moved to Prof. Chad A. Mirkin’s group at Northwestern University in 2001. After he worked at NanoInk Inc. (USA) and Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Singapore), he joined Nanyang Technological University in July 2006. He was promoted to a tenured Associate Professor in March 2011, and Full Professor in September 2013. His current research interests focus on synthesis of two-dimensional nanomaterials and carbon materials (graphene and carbon nanotubes), and their applications in nano- and bio-sensors, nanoelectronics, clean energy, water remediation, etc.
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Huang, X., Zhang, H. Molecular crystals on two-dimensional van der Waals substrates. Sci. China Mater. 58, 5–8 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-015-0020-y
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