Precisely monitoring and tailoring 2D nanostructures at the atomic scale

Interlocking Friction Governs the Mechanical Fracture of Bilayer MoS2

(2018) Gang Seob Jung et al.   ACS Nano

In Situ Repair of 2D Chalcogenides under Electron Beam Irradiation

(2018) Yuting Shen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

New Frontiers in Electron Beam-Driven Chemistry in and around Graphene

(2018) Mark H. Rummeli et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Atomic Structure of Intrinsic and Electron-Irradiation-Induced Defects in MoTe2

(2018) Kenan Elibol et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

In situ atomistic insight into the growth mechanisms of single layer 2D transition metal carbides

(2018) Xiahan Sang et al.   Nature Communications

A Novel Domain-Confined Growth Strategy for In Situ Controllable Fabrication of Individual Hollow Nanostructures

(2018) Luping Tang et al.   Advanced Science

Atomic-Scale in Situ Observations of Crystallization and Restructuring Processes in Two-Dimensional MoS2 Films

(2018) Bernhard C. Bayer et al.   ACS Nano

Ultralong 1D Vacancy Channels for Rapid Atomic Migration during 2D Void Formation in Monolayer MoS2

(2018) Qu Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Differentiating Polymorphs in Molybdenum Disulfide via Electron Microscopy

(2018) Xiaoxu Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Defect Engineering for Modulating the Trap States in 2D Photoconductors

(2018) Jie Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Research Update: Recent progress on 2D materials beyond graphene: From ripples, defects, intercalation, and valley dynamics to straintronics and power dissipation

(2018) Zhong Lin et al.   APL Materials

Point defects in turbostratic stacked bilayer graphene

(2017) Chuncheng Gong et al.   Nanoscale

Dynamical observations on the crack tip zone and stress corrosion of two-dimensional MoS2

(2017) Thuc Hue Ly et al.   Nature Communications

Van der Waals epitaxial growth and optoelectronics of large-scale WSe2/SnS2 vertical bilayer p–n junctions

(2017) Tiefeng Yang et al.   Nature Communications

2D metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) for energy storage

(2017) Babak Anasori et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Structural Flexibility and Alloying in Ultrathin Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Nanowires

(2016) Junhao Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Detailed Atomic Reconstruction of Extended Line Defects in Monolayer MoS2

(2016) Shanshan Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Atomically Sharp Crack Tips in Monolayer MoS2 and Their Enhanced Toughness by Vacancy Defects

(2016) Shanshan Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Creating the Smallest BN Nanotube from Bilayer h-BN

(2016) Tao Xu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Formation and Dynamics of Electron-Irradiation-Induced Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride at Elevated Temperatures

(2016) Thang Pham et al.   NANO LETTERS

Scalable shear-exfoliation of high-quality phosphorene nanoflakes with reliable electrochemical cycleability in nano batteries

(2016) Feng Xu et al.   2D Materials

Unsupported single-atom-thick copper oxide monolayers

(2016) Kuibo Yin et al.   2D Materials

In Situ Observations of Free-Standing Graphene-like Mono- and Bilayer ZnO Membranes

(2015) Huy T. Quang et al.   ACS Nano

Synthesis of atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride films on nickel foils by molecular beam epitaxy

(2015) S. Nakhaie et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Setting up a nanolab inside a transmission electron microscope for two-dimensional materials research

(2015) Yuting Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Two-dimensional materials under electron irradiation

(2015) Litao Sun et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Structural and Chemical Dynamics of Pyridinic-Nitrogen Defects in Graphene

(2015) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Structure and Local Chemical Properties of Boron-Terminated Tetravacancies in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

(2015) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamic In-Situ Experimentation on Nanomaterials at the Atomic Scale

(2015) Tao Xu et al.   Small

Strain-induced metal–semiconductor transition observed in atomic carbon chains

(2015) A. La Torre et al.   Nature Communications

Three-fold rotational defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

(2015) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   Nature Communications

Exploring atomic defects in molybdenum disulphide monolayers

(2015) Jinhua Hong et al.   Nature Communications

Experimental Observation of Boron Nitride Chains

(2014) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   ACS Nano

Direct Observation of Atomic Dynamics and Silicon Doping at a Topological Defect in Graphene

(2014) Zhiqing Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Inflating Graphene with Atomic Scale Blisters

(2014) Alex W. Robertson et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct Observation of a Long-Lived Single-Atom Catalyst Chiseling Atomic Structures in Graphene

(2014) Wei Li Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Stability and Dynamics of the Tetravacancy in Graphene

(2014) Alex W. Robertson et al.   NANO LETTERS

Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Metal Dopant Pairs in Graphene

(2014) Zhengyu He et al.   NANO LETTERS

Evidence for Active Atomic Defects in Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride: A New Mechanism of Plasticity in Two-Dimensional Materials

(2014) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Silicon–Carbon Bond Inversions Driven by 60-keV Electrons in Graphene

(2014) Toma Susi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Free-Standing Single-Atom-Thick Iron Membranes Suspended in Graphene Pores

(2014) J. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Controllable Atomic-Scale Sculpting and Deposition of Carbon Nanostructures on Graphene

(2014) Tao Xu et al.   Small

Self healing of defected graphene

(2013) Jianhui Chen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electron-beam engineering of single-walled carbon nanotubes from bilayer graphene

(2013) Gerardo Algara-Siller et al.   CARBON

Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

(2013) Wu Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electrical Transport Measured in Atomic Carbon Chains

(2013) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dynamics of Single Fe Atoms in Graphene Vacancies

(2013) Alex W. Robertson et al.   NANO LETTERS

From point to extended defects in two-dimensional MoS2: Evolution of atomic structure under electron irradiation

(2013) Hannu-Pekka Komsa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Top–down fabrication of sub-nanometre semiconducting nanoribbons derived from molybdenum disulfide sheets

(2013) Xiaofei Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic scale study of the life cycle of a dislocation in graphene from birth to annihilation

(2013) O. Lehtinen et al.   Nature Communications

Hopping transport through defect-induced localized states in molybdenum disulphide

(2013) Hao Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

Dislocations and Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride

(2012) Yuanyue Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Amorphous Carbon under 80 kV Electron Irradiation: A Means to Make or Break Graphene

(2012) Felix Börrnert et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Atom-by-Atom Observation of Grain Boundary Migration in Graphene

(2012) Simon Kurasch et al.   NANO LETTERS

Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides under Electron Irradiation: Defect Production and Doping

(2012) Hannu-Pekka Komsa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Direct Determination of the Chemical Bonding of Individual Impurities in Graphene

(2012) Wu Zhou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Size-Dependent Evolution of Graphene Nanopores Under Thermal Excitation

(2012) Tao Xu et al.   Small

Spatial control of defect creation in graphene at the nanoscale

(2012) Alex W. Robertson et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic-Scale Electron-Beam Sculpting of Near-Defect-Free Graphene Nanostructures

(2011) Bo Song et al.   NANO LETTERS

Experimental analysis of charge redistribution due to chemical bonding by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy

(2011) Jannik C. Meyer et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis

(2011) Bala Murali Venkatesan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

From Point Defects in Graphene to Two-Dimensional Amorphous Carbon

(2011) J. Kotakoski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structural Defects in Graphene

(2010) Florian Banhart et al.   ACS Nano

Epitaxial growth of a silicene sheet

(2010) Boubekeur Lalmi et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Migration and Localization of Metal Atoms on Strained Graphene

(2010) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Selective Sputtering and Atomic Resolution Imaging of Atomically Thin Boron Nitride Membranes

(2009) Jannik C. Meyer et al.   NANO LETTERS

Deriving Carbon Atomic Chains from Graphene

(2009) Chuanhong Jin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Fabrication of a Freestanding Boron Nitride Single Layer and Its Defect Assignments

(2009) Chuanhong Jin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Graphene: Status and Prospects

(2009) A. K. Geim   SCIENCE

Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

(2008) Jannik C. Meyer et al.   NANO LETTERS