International Travel Support to Attend US-EU Workshop on 2D Layered Materials and Devices. To be held September 13-15, 2016, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

拟议的项目寻求资金支持，以支持研究人员参加2016年9月13日至15日在英国曼彻斯特大学举行的研讨会。讲习班将讨论范围广泛的非石墨烯2D原子层的研究领域，如磷烯、过渡金属二硫属化合物、六方氮化硼、碳氮化物的三元化合物和复合氧化物。研讨会应该通过人员交流计划对科学和工程学科的学习产生积极影响，这些计划可能会在研讨会上起到促进作用，包括教师、研究生和博士后研究员的双边交流。2D层状材料领域的研究挑战包括：a)设计能够在多个衬底上可扩展地合成这些材料的技术；b)控制层数和缺陷密度；c)了解掺杂机制并优化器件研究中的接触；d)在平面和垂直异质结构中利用界面诱导的新效应；e)开发预测建模和模拟技术；以及f)设计原位和非原位表征技术来测量材料性能。此次研讨会将通过促进美国和欧洲的领先研究人员之间潜在的国际合作伙伴关系，讨论这一高度动态和跨学科领域未来研究的广泛方向，从而产生重大而广泛的影响。还将张贴详细说明讨论主题和结论/建议的最后报告。

The proposed project seeks financial support to support researcher participation in a workshop to be held September 13-15, 2016 at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. The Workshop will address research areas of a wide range of non-graphene 2D atomic layers such as phosphorene, transition metal di-chalcogenides, hexagonal boron nitride, tertiary compounds of carbo-nitrides, and complex oxides. The workshop should positively impact learning in the science and engineering disciplines through personnel exchange programs that are likely to catalyze from this workshop, including bi-lateral exchange of faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Among the research challenges in the field of 2D layered materials are: a) devising techniques that can enable the scalable synthesis of these materials on multiple substrates, b) controlling layer number and defect density, c) understanding doping mechanisms and optimizing contacts for device research, d) utilizing interface-induced novel effects in planar and vertical heterostructures, e) developing predictive modeling and simulation techniques, and f) devising in situ and ex situ characterization techniques to measure material properties. This workshop will have significant broader impact by catalyzing potential international partnerships between leading researchers in the US and Europe to discuss broad directions for future research in this highly dynamic and interdisciplinary area. A final report detailing the discussion topics and conclusions/recommendations will also be posted.