Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is widely used as a protective layer for few-atom-thick
crystals and heterostructures (HSs), and it hosts quantum emitters working up to room …

The shift‐current photovoltaics of group‐IV monochalcogenides has been predicted to be
comparable to those of state‐of‐the‐art Si‐based solar cells. However, its exploration has …

Aerogels have attracted significant attention recently due to their ultra-light weight porous
structure, mechanical robustness, high electrical conductivity, facile scalability and their use …

Strain built-in electronic and optoelectronic devices can influence their properties and
lifetime. This effect is particularly significant at the interface between two-dimensional …

Translation of the unique properties of 2D monolayers from non‐scalable micron‐sized
samples to macroscopic scale is a longstanding challenge obstructed by the substrate …

This study aimed to develop two artificial neural network models to estimate the viscosity of
PAO/hBN (poly-alpha-olefin boron nitride) nanofluid using different input sets. The first one …

The combination of two-dimensional materials (2D) into heterostructures enables their
integration in tunable ultrathin devices. For applications in electronics and optoelectronics …

There has been increased exploration into low permittivity, low loss ceramic composites for
the application of ultra-high frequency substrates in electronic components including …

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is a next-generation technology enabling further
increases in areal densities of hard disk drives beyond 1 Tb/in 2. HAMR relies on a novel …

The incorporation of few-layer Van der Waals structures into optical and electronic devices
has been of considerable interest to the production of microelectronic devices. In this thesis …