Realisation of novel electronic phases in two-dimensional materials

该项目将解决当今社会面临的最紧迫的问题之一，即高效地生产、储存、传输和使用能源。硅基晶体管技术正在接近热力学设定的效率硬极限，这要求找到具有与传统晶体管技术不同的电子性能的新材料。利用申请者在澳大利亚同步加速器安装的新设施，该项目旨在制备和表征独立原子稀薄铋的电子性质。该项目的成功实现将为实现更高效的存储和传输能量的电子设备提供一种全新的方法。

This project will address one of the most pressing concerns facing society today, the efficient generation, storage, transmission and use of energy. Silicon based transistor technology is approaching the hard limit of efficiency set by thermodynamics, requiring new materials to be found that possess electronic properties that break away from conventional transistor technology. Utilising a new facility being installed by the applicant at the Australian Synchrotron, this project aims to prepare and characterise the electronic properties of free-standing atomically thin bismuth. Successful realisation of this project will provide a radical new approach towards realising more efficient electronic devices for the storage and transmission of energy.