2D Materials – Physics of
van der Waals [hetero]structures

In the Media

• Atomistic structure and interlayer distance landscape in twisted bilayer MoS₂
  This collection of videos, created by Florian Arnold, demonstrates the change of the structure and the interlayer separation in MoS₂ when the twist angle between the layers changes. The animation is based on a previous publication, the video files can also be accessed via ZENODO.

• Quantenwelten in 2D Materialien (German only)
  In this article, published in Bunsenmagazin 2/2023, Lina Bockhorn describes how 2D materials and their novel physical properties are promising candidates for custom-made electronic devices with a special focus on heterostructures of 2D materials.

• Can atomically thin crystals light up our future?
  In this article, published in Bunsenmagazin 2/2023, Christian Schneider discusses various modern research directions that consider atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides as a new material in classical and quantum photonic applications.

• Two-dimensional materials – A ROMANCE in four dimensions
  In this article, published in Bunsenmagazin 2/2023, Thomas Heine gives a historical overview of the development of 2D materials from early experimental works, fundamental physical considerations, towards modern topics such as 2D framework materials, 2D polymers, and twisted bilayer heterostructures.

• Enabling the battery chemistry beyond lithium ions with 2D materials
  In this article, published in Bunsenmagazin 2/2023, Xinliang Feng and his coauthors describe how their work on functionalized/hybrid inorganic 2D material and 2D carbon-rich framework materials with defined redox sites can be used as active electrode materials to unleash the potential of multivalent metal-ion batteries as the next-generation energy storage technologies beyond lithium-ion batteries.

• Twisted van der Waals materials as a new platform to realize exotic matter
  In this article from phys.org a perspective on the potential of twisted van der Waals materials for realizing novel and elusive states of matter and providing a unique materials-based quantum simulation platform is described.

• When predictions of theoretical chemists become reality (TUD Press release at Phys.Org, 22.05.2020)
  In a Nature Materials News and Views article, "Making 2-D Topological Polymers a reality", Prof. Heine describes how his theoretical predictions made in 2019 about topological 2-D polymers became an experimental reality recently.

• Priority Programme “2D Materials – Physics of van der Waals [hetero]structures (2DMP)” (SPP 2244) established (DFG Press release, Information für die Wissenschaft Nr. 39, 07.06.2019)
  In 2019 the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) established the Priority Programme “2D Materials – Physics of van der Waals [hetero]structures (2DMP)” (SPP 2244).