2DCC Broader Impact Highlight

This symposium brought together a diverse set of researchers – from academia to national labs and fundamental physics and materials science to synthesis and devices – who are at the forefront of advancing the understanding of layered chalcogenide-based materials thin film growth and their potential. A wide range of bottom-up synthesis of layered chalcogenide-based materials chemistries such as mono-, di-, tri-, transition metal-, sesqui-, group-III-, and group-IV-chalcogenides in thin film form, their characterization and potential for applications was covered in this symposium.

What Has Been Achieved: 2DCC collaborated with faculty and students at Florida International University through the FIU/2DCC PREM “IMPAQT”

Importance of the Achievement: The PREM provides pathways for education and career advancement for students at minority serving institutions.

Unique Feature(s) of the MIP that Enabled this Achievement: The state-of-the-art facilities available in the 2DCC-MIP combined with staff expertise provided support for theory, characterization and synthesis by PREM undergraduates and graduate students.

What Has Been Achieved: The 2DCC hosted 7 RSVP students in the summer of 2024. The participants received hands on training in all areas of the 2DCC including Bulk Growth, MOCVD, MBE and Theory. Thus far we have sponsored 33 RSVP projects, 60% of projects are from non-R1 institutions, RSVPs have published/submitted 7 manuscripts so far and have given 5+ conference presentations from their RSVP experiences. RSVP trainees receive intensive onsite training to independently operate equipment and carry out their research.

The REU program is jointly organized by the 2DCC-MIP and Penn State Nanofab user facilities. The program offers a 10-week team-based summer research experience focused on 2D materials and device development.  

A review article was published in ACS Nano highlighting advances in the theory, synthesis, properties and applications of 2D materials.  

The 2DCC-MIP, in collaboration with the Center for 2D and Layered Materials (2DLM) at Penn State, organized and hosted the 10th annual Graphene and Beyond Workshop in May 2023. 
Graphene and Beyond brings together students and researchers from academia, government labs and industry to discuss the latest developments in 2D materials, devices and applications. 
Highlights of prior workshops have been published in review articles1,2 that have historically been well-cited.
Highlights of Graphene and Beyond 2023:
Panel discussion on role of 2D materials in CHIPs Act

RSVP

What Has Been Achieved: 2DCC’s web-based facility-wide data management system has captured the full history individual samples with over 11,000 materials synthesis samples and over 11,000 ex-situ characterizations (e.g., AFM, STM, TEM, XRD, XPS, among many others).  This extensive  and growing database forms the impetus for new, creative research through the data request mechanism whereas remote users can open new lines of experimental or data science inquiry through packaging of certain synthesis and/or characterization data.

What Has Been Achieved: 2DCC’s web-based facility-wide data management system has captured the full history individual samples with over 11,000 materials synthesis samples and ove

What Has Been Achieved: 2DCC’s web-based facility-wide data management system has captured the full history individual samples with over 11,000 materials synthesis samples and ove