Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors

Two‐dimensional (2D) materials have great potential in the fields of flexible electronics and photoelectronic devices due to their unique properties derived by special structures. The study of the mechanical properties of 2D materials plays an important role in next‐generation flexible mechanical el...

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Main Authors: Jiang, Hanjun, Zheng, Lu, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Xuewen
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1461202023-07-14T16:00:01Z Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors Jiang, Hanjun Zheng, Lu Liu, Zheng Wang, Xuewen School of Materials Science and Engineering School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Centre for Micro-/Nano-electronics (NOVITAS) CNRS International NTU THALES Research Alliances Research Techno Plaza Engineering::Materials Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering 2D Materials Flexible Mechanical Sensor Two‐dimensional (2D) materials have great potential in the fields of flexible electronics and photoelectronic devices due to their unique properties derived by special structures. The study of the mechanical properties of 2D materials plays an important role in next‐generation flexible mechanical electronic device applications. Unfortunately, traditional experiment models and measurement methods are not suitable for 2D materials due to their atomically ultrathin thickness, which limits both the theoretical research and practical value of the 2D materials. In this review, we briefly summarize the characterization of mechanical properties of 2D materials by in situ probe nanoindentation experiments, and discuss the effect of thickness, grain boundary, and interlayer interactions. We introduce the strain‐induced effect on electrical properties and optical properties of 2D materials. Then, we generalize the mechanical sensors based on various 2D materials and their future potential applications in flexible and wearable electronic devices. Finally, we discuss the state of the art for the mechanical properties of 2D materials and their opportunities and challenges in both basic research and practical applications. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Grant/Award Numbers: 31020190QD010, 3102019PY004, 3102019JC004; Ministry of Education - Singapore, Grant/Award Numbers: MOE2015-T2-2-043, MOE2017-T2-2-136, Tier 1 RG7/18; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 11904289; Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province, Grant/Award Number: 2019JQ- 613; Start-up funds from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Grant/Award Numbers: 19SH020159, 19SH020123 2021-01-27T02:10:22Z 2021-01-27T02:10:22Z 2020 Journal Article Jiang, H., Zheng, L., Liu, Z., & Wang, X. (2020). Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors. InfoMat, 2(6), 1077-1094. doi:10.1002/inf2.12072 2567-3165 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146120 10.1002/inf2.12072 6 2 1077 1094 en MOE2015-T2-2-043 MOE2017-T2-2-136 Tier 1 RG7/18 InfoMat © 2019 The Authors. InfoMat published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of UESTC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Engineering::Materials
Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
2D Materials
Flexible Mechanical Sensor
spellingShingle Engineering::Materials
Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
2D Materials
Flexible Mechanical Sensor
Jiang, Hanjun
Zheng, Lu
Liu, Zheng
Wang, Xuewen
Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
description Two‐dimensional (2D) materials have great potential in the fields of flexible electronics and photoelectronic devices due to their unique properties derived by special structures. The study of the mechanical properties of 2D materials plays an important role in next‐generation flexible mechanical electronic device applications. Unfortunately, traditional experiment models and measurement methods are not suitable for 2D materials due to their atomically ultrathin thickness, which limits both the theoretical research and practical value of the 2D materials. In this review, we briefly summarize the characterization of mechanical properties of 2D materials by in situ probe nanoindentation experiments, and discuss the effect of thickness, grain boundary, and interlayer interactions. We introduce the strain‐induced effect on electrical properties and optical properties of 2D materials. Then, we generalize the mechanical sensors based on various 2D materials and their future potential applications in flexible and wearable electronic devices. Finally, we discuss the state of the art for the mechanical properties of 2D materials and their opportunities and challenges in both basic research and practical applications.
author2 School of Materials Science and Engineering
author_facet School of Materials Science and Engineering
Jiang, Hanjun
Zheng, Lu
Liu, Zheng
Wang, Xuewen
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author Jiang, Hanjun
Zheng, Lu
Liu, Zheng
Wang, Xuewen
author_sort Jiang, Hanjun
title Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
title_short Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
title_full Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
title_fullStr Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
title_full_unstemmed Two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
title_sort two‐dimensional materials : from mechanical properties to flexible mechanical sensors
publishDate 2021
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146120
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