Adachi, Michael (Simon Fraser University)

Purpose

The proposed research program involves the fabrication of 2D materials (graphene-like materials) devices using manufacturable methods. 2D materials are crystalline monolayer materials, the most famous of which is graphene. Recently, other 2D materials such as monolayer Si (or silicene), Ge (or germanene), P (or phosphorene), and MoS2 have shown extraordinary properties: high measured carrier mobility (>200 cm2/Vs), theoretical carrier mobility multiple times larger than their bulk counterpart, tuneable bandgap controlled by applied vertical electric field, high surface-volume ratio, anisotropic changes in resistance for selective gas detection, flexibility, and paramagnetic and spintronic properties. However, devices currently reported in literature mechanically transfer 2D materials in solution from a single crystal substrate, to a non-conducting substrate where electrical contacts are made, a process which is non-repeatable and not manufacturable. Therefore, innovation is required to develop manufacturing-friendly methods to prepare 2D material devices.