Natural Superlattice 2D Materials
Abstract
This project Natural Superlattice 2D Materials aims to develop a new class of quantum materials based on natural superlattices of 2D materials. The research objective is to explore the synthesis and characterization of these materials to create 2D electronic systems with properties superior to those possible with conventional 2D methods. This work is motivated by recent developments with synthesis of high quality 2D superconductors and is proposed here to be extended to new materials and physical ground state classes that may serve as the foundation for the next generation of nanoelectronics. This projects success will be measured in its experimentally discovered electronic properties and new structural motifs as well as ability to guide future theoretical work (including those of collaborators) in natural superlattice materials. The technical approach involves material synthesis, characterization, advanced transport measurements, and collaboration with theory, photoemission/optical spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. This work may open new classes of high quality 2D materials protected from degradation and potentially further modified by the superlattice potentials as platforms for next generation nanoelectronics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 09, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112591
Entities
People
- Joseph Checkelsky
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy