Infrared detectors based on two-dimensional materials and heterostructures

At the nanoscale, new forms of physical phenomena emerge that can provide remarkable opportunities for next-generation tools with unprecedented functionality and energy efficiency. Two-dimensional (2D) materials, a family of nanomaterials with atomic thickness, promise an ideal platform for nanoscience and nanotechnology research on which we are able to engineer functional structures and study their properties at the limit of the atomic scale. This thesis discusses opportunities and challenges of studying emerging light-matter interaction phenomena and developing advanced infrared detection technologies enabled by 2D materials and their heterostructures. First, we addressed some of the key challenges for reliable synthesis and characterization of 2D materials and functional nanostructures. We developed a new seeding-promoter-assisted chemical vapor deposition approach for the construction of vertical and lateral heterostructures between a variety of 2D materials over large area.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Lin, Yuxuan,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tomás Palacios.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124113

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/124113