ERC Starting Grant · 2021
2D sandwiches, artificial layered building blocks for multifunctional materials
The possibility to create new materials bottom-up was enhanced via the stacking of atomically thin layers of two-dimensional (2D) materials with van der Waals interactions (vdWIs). Unfortunately, the downside of vdWIs is the, in general, weak electronical and mechanical interaction between the individual layers. This hinders the creation of multiferroic materials working at ambient conditions, which are despite extensive research still very scarce, from stacked layers with vdWIs. This research aims to create a new 2D building block: the 2D sandwich. This is a layered heterostructure with a strong interaction between the sandwich's individual layers mediated via an ionic or multivalent bond,…
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