NSF Workshop 2D Materials and Devices held May 30-31, 2012 in Arlinton, VA.

目的：本次研讨会的目的是汇集来自世界各地在二维材料系统前沿工作的领先科学家，讨论非石墨烯二维原子层和器件的未来和影响，这些器件在未来可能具有科学和技术意义和应用。知识价值：研讨会旨在为该领域的专家提供一个开放的论坛，讨论各种二维材料系统和器件的重要方面，这些系统和器件可能与石墨烯互补。材料的例子包括氮化硼、二硫族化合物、碳氮化合物的三级化合物和可以剥离并分离为稳定的单原子层的复合氧化物。这些稳定的二维材料的合成、化学改性、器件制造和测试以及理论探索等方面的研究已经提出，在不久的将来，该领域将出现爆炸性的活动。这次研讨会及时地解决了其中的许多问题，并强调了这一领域在未来可能产生的影响。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响有两方面。首先，这个新兴的技术领域和随后的跨学科活动将与已经建立的石墨烯科学完美协同，并将在未来十年影响科学，化学和工程的不同领域。其次，这方面的努力也将对科学和工程学科的学习产生积极影响。研究生和博士后将承担重要的研究任务，研讨会将为该领域的未来研究和学习设定广阔的方向。

Objective: The objective of this workshop is to bring together leading scientists from around the world working at the forefront of 2D material systems, to discuss the future and impact of non-graphene 2D atomic layers and devices that can have both scientific and technological implications and applications in the future.Intellectual Merit: The workshop intends to provide an open forum for experts in the field to address important aspects of a variety of 2D material systems and devices that could be complimentary to graphene. Example of materials include boron nitride, di-chalcogenides, tertiary compounds of carbo-nitrides, and complex oxides that can be exfoliated and isolated as stable single atomic layers. Studies on the synthesis, chemical modification, device fabrication and testing and theoretical explorations have been proposed on these stable 2D materials and the field is about to see an explosion of activities in the near future. The workshop is timely in addressing many of these issues and highlighting the impact this field can have in the future. Broader Impacts: The broader impacts are two-folds. First, this new and emerging technical area and the ensuing interdisciplinary activities will be in perfect synergy with the already well-established graphene science and will impact different fields of science, chemistry and engineering in the next decade. Second, efforts in this area will also positively impact learning in science and engineering disciplines. Graduate students and post-docs will be undertaking important research assignments and the workshop will set broad directions for future research and learning in this area.