Meet the editors

Chatchawal Wongchoosuk obtained a BSc in Physics from Prince Songkla University, Thailand, in 2005, and PhD and MSc degrees from Mahidol University, Thailand, in 2007 and 2011, respectively. Currently, he is a faculty member of Kasetsart University, Bangkok. He is a specialist in development of smart sensors for food, agricultural and environmental applications. He has received more than 20 research awards. Dr. Wongchoosuk has pub-

lished several dozens of articles in reputed journals and proceedings. He has served as a reviewer for more than 22 ISI journals. His research interests include modern nanoscience and nanotechnology ranging from theoretical modeling to fabrication of intelligent nanodevices and systems such as hybrid gas sensors, electronic noses, digital farms, smart sensors, printed electronics and flexible electronics.

Yotsarayuth Seekaew obtained a BSc, MSc and PhD in Physics from Kasetsart University, Thailand, in 2010, 2014 and 2019, respectively. Presently, he is a researcher at the Laboratory for Multiscale Innovative Technologies, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University. His research interests include graphene-based gas sensors, polymer sensors, electroluminescent sensing applications and printable sensors.

Contents

Introductory Chapter: 2D Materials

*and Prabhakar Misra*

*and T. Daniel Thangadurai*

Thin Films

Nitride

*by Yotsarayuth Seekaew and Chatchawal Wongchoosuk*

*Konstantin S. Zhuravlev, Ildiko Cora and Bela Pecz*

MoS2 Thin Films for Photo-Voltaic Applications *by Manuel Ramos, John Nogan, Manuela Ortíz-Díaz, José L Enriquez-Carrejo, Claudia A Rodriguez-González,* 

Polarizability and Impurity Screening for Phosphorene

*by Po Hsin Shih,Thi Nga Do, Godfrey Gumbs and Dipendra Dahal*

*José Mireles-Jr-Garcia, Roberto Carlos Ambrosio-Lazáro, Carlos Ornelas, Abel Hurtado-Macias, Torben Boll, Delphine Chassaing and Martin Heilmaier*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 17**

**Chapter 4 31**

**Chapter 5 51**

**Chapter 6 63**

Raman Spectroscopy of Graphene, Graphite and Graphene Nanoplatelets *by Daniel Casimir, Hawazin Alghamdi, Iman Y. Ahmed, Raul Garcia-Sanchez* 

Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Undoped and Doped ZnO

*by Lourdhu Bruno Chandrasekar, S. Nagarajan, Marimuthu Karunakaran* 

Van der Waals and Graphene-Like Layers of Silicon Nitride and Aluminum

*by Vladimir G. Mansurov, Yurij G. Galitsyn, Timur V. Malin, Sergey A. Teys,* 
