5 Straintronics: a new way to engineer the physical intrinsic properties of 2D materials and van der Waals structures

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Author’s premises IX
4. Contents XI
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 2D topological insulators and quantum spin Hall states: what are they and which are the potential applications for the real world? 3
7. 2 Magic angle: twisting graphene layers to create superconductors 33
8. 3 Valleytronics and a new way to encode information using 2D materials 55
9. 4 2D black phosphorus: difficult to handle but so interesting for opto-electronics 71
10. 5 Straintronics: a new way to engineer the physical intrinsic properties of 2D materials and van der Waals structures 105
11. 6 Exotic properties of 2D materials: where are we? The compromise between beyond CMOS and more-than-Moore vision and roadmaps 129
12. Index 143