Special Session 8
FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATIONS OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS (SS8)
The very large interest in low-dimensional (low-D) materials was first initiated by 0D carbon buckyball, then followed by 1D carbon nanotubes and most recently, by the dramatic impact of 2D graphene. Then, this stimulated significantly research & development of revolutionary low-D materials beyond carbon. This new generation of atomically synthesized low-D materials lead to a variety of new findings. It triggered many unprecedented electronic, optical, magnetic, mechanical, chemical, thermal, sensing and bio-inspired properties toward practical applications. The research community exploring low-D materials is now expanding rapidly with new entrants from different engineering disciplines, including materials, physics, chemistry, electrical and electronics. Furthermore, it is emerging toward synthetic biology with bio-compatible low-D materials. Encouraging work has already been reported on isolation, synthesis and an overall fundamental understanding of these novel low-D materials of central importance to advanced technological development. Yet, enormous scientific challenges in these areas need to be addressed through synergistic experimental & theoretical efforts.
ORGANISER(S)
INVITED SPEAKERS:
‘Two-Dimensional Xenes: Synthesis and Paths for Technology Applications’ Dr. Alessandro Molle
CNR Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems,
Italy
‘Atomic Segregation Epitaxy of Group 14 Elemental Post-Graphene Materials’ Prof. Junji Yuhara
Nagoya University,
Japan
‘Structural Tailoring of the Electronic Properties of 2D Systems’ Dr. Antonio Tejeda
Paris-Saclay University,
France
‘Fabrication and Characterization of Ca-Intercalated Graphene on SiC Substrate’ Prof. Canhua Liu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
China- ‘Phosphorene Polymorphs Characterized by Low Temperature Atomic Force Microscopy’Dr. Remy Pavlak
University of Basel,
Switzerland 
‘2D Ge Bitriangular Lattice Spontaneously Formed on Diboride Thin Film Grown on Ge Substrate’Prof. Yukiko Yamada-Takamura
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Japan- ‘Structural and Electronic Properties of Chalcogenide Thin Films Growth on Germanium Templates’Dr. Marco Minissale
Aix Marseille University,
France - ‘Chemical Functionalization of Segregated Germanene on Ag(111)/Ge(111)’Dr. Seiya Suzuki
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA),
Japan 
‘Higher Order Topological Defect in a Van Der Waals Magnetic Moiré Lattice’Prof. Tristan Cren
Sorbonne University,
France- ‘h-BN: Photoelectron Diffraction and Scattering Calculations’Dr. Mattias Muntwiler
Paul Scherrer Institute PSI,
Switzerland 
‘Toward Conformational Identification of Molecules in 2D and 3D Self-Assemblies on Surfaces’Prof. Frank Palmino
University of Franche-Comté,
France
‘2D Superconductivity vs. Disorder: Pb Mono Layer Formed on Vicinal Si(111) Substrates’Prof. Yukio Hasegawa
The University of Tokyo,
Japan
Abstract (PDF)- ‘How to Move from Research to Innovation: The Case of 2D Materials and Exotic Properties of These Last. The EIC’s Approach’Dr. Paolo Bondavali
Thales Research and Technology,
France 
‘2D Material as Arsenene, 3D material as CsPbBr3 Perovskite’ Dr. Paola Depadova
CNR - Istituto di Struttura della Materia,
Italy
‘2D MXenes and their Composites for High-Rate Energy Storage’ Prof. Xuehang Wang
TU-Delft,
The Netherland
Abstract (PDF)
‘MXenes: A Diverse Platform to Explore the Potential of 2D Materials’ Prof. Christina Birkel
Arizona State University,
USA
‘Application of Nano-Composite Membrane for Environmental Remediation - from Science to Society’Prof. Sudip Chakraborty
University of Calabria,
Italy
Abstract (PDF)-
Prof. Babak Anasori
Purdue University,
USA 
‘Control of Surface Functionalities of MXene in Thermal-Related Applications’Prof. Tae Hee Han
Hanyang University,
Korea-
Prof. Sameer Rahatekar
Cranfield University,
UK
- Dr. Dhriti Nepal
Air Force Research Laboratory,
USA 
‘2D Nanomaterials Applications for Emerging Contaminant Removal from Water Streams’ Prof. Khaled Mahmoud
Hamad Bin Khalifa University,
Qatar
‘Linear and Nonlinear Optical Responses of 2D Materials’ Dr. Ruth Pachter
Air Force Research Laboratory,
USA-
Prof. Hendrick Heinz
University of Colorado at Boulder,
USA
- Prof. Chandrasakar Tiwary
IIT Kharagpur,
India 
‘Modelling Studies of 2D MXenes and Alike: Defects and Exfoliation’ Prof. Hans Agren
Uppsala University,
Sweden
‘Defect Engineering and Surface Chemistry of MXenes for Enhanced Electromagnetic Shielding and Thermal Management’ Prof. Chong Min Koo
Sungkyunkwan University,
Korea- ‘Ab-Initio Thermodynamics of Planar Li Staging in Graphene Bilayers’ Dr. James McHugh
University of Manchester,
UK
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‘Chiral Superconductivity on a Silicon Surface’ Prof. Hanno Weitering
The University of Tennessee,
USA