Defect engineering in 2D materials is an exciting research area that has already enabled new technological advances. Probing, Understanding, and controlling defects in low-dimensional materials are essential to exploit their full potential. At IAP, we develop Raman simulation based on the spectral moment’s method to fit the experimental Raman spectra. We study how to create and control defects in graphene and other 2D Materials using these developed technics. As an example of our actual investigation, we can identify the vacancy sizes induced by 30nm gold sputter on graphene. We also work on controlling thermal heat and electron transport in 2D Materials with defects.
IAP News: Using the estimated vacancy size created during sputtering, we show that it is feasible to engineer a graphene membrane for water desalination.
Related publications:
Abdelkader, S. A. A., I. Benabdallah, M. Amlieh, A. El Fatimy.
Nanopore creation in graphene at the nanoscale for water desalination.
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.11970
