*Edited by Pramoda Kumar Nayak*

There are only a few discoveries and new technologies in materials science that have the potential to dramatically alter and revolutionize our material world. Discovery of two-dimensional (2D) materials, the thinnest form of materials to ever occur in nature, is one of them. After isolation of graphene from graphite in 2004, a whole other class of atomically thin materials, dominated by surface effects and showing completely unexpected and extraordinary properties, has been created. This book provides a comprehensive view and state-of-the-art knowledge about 2D materials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (*h*-BN), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) and so on. It consists of 11 chapters contributed by a team of experts in this exciting field and provides latest synthesis techniques of 2D materials, characterization and their potential applications in energy conservation, electronics, optoelectronics and biotechnology.

Two-dimensional Materials

Synthesis, Characterization

and Potential Applications

*Edited by Pramoda Kumar Nayak*

ISBN 978-953-51-2554-9

ISBN 978-953-51-4186-0

Two-dimensional Materials - Synthesis, Characterization and Potential Applications

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