NOVEL TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS CAPTURED IN SPACE AND TIME

二维（2D）层状材料因其独特的结构、电子、光子和热性能而备受关注。这种材料最著名的例子很可能是石墨烯，它是由单原子层碳构成的。这种特殊材料的发现开辟了生长和探索其他层状材料家族的可能性。事实上，石墨烯可能只是冰山一角，因为氮化物、二硫化物和氧化物家族的二维材料开始出现。

Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have attracted much attention due to their unusual structural, electronic, photonic and thermal properties. Quite possible the best known example of such a material is graphene which is made of single atomic layer of carbon. The discovery of this specific material has opened up the possibility of growing and exploring other families of layered materials. In fact, graphene might be just the tip of an iceberg as 2D materials in the nitrides, dichalcogenides and oxides families began to emerge.