...Raghunathan, R., “First principles modeling of strain induced effects in functional materials,” in Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Devices, edited by R. Ramadurai and S. Bhattacharyya (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 2-1–2-30. Introduction In our day-to-day...

...Chelvane, J. A. and Palit, M., “Rare earth transition metal based giant magnetostrictive materials: An interdisciplinary perspective,” in Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Devices, edited by R. Ramadurai and S. Bhattacharyya (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 9-1...

...Raghunathan, R. and Ramadurai, R., “Perspective on strain effects on 2D materials,” in Strain Engineering in Functional Materials and Devices, edited by R. Ramadurai and S. Bhattacharyya (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 11-1–11-4. Silicon-based electronics dominates...

...Bhattacharyya, S. and Kumar, A., “Mechanics of materials considerations in MEMS-based medical devices,” in MEMS Applications in Electronics and Engineering, edited by A. K. Basu, A. Basu, S. Ghosh, and S. Bhattacharya (AIP Publishing, Melville, New York, 2023), pp. 5-1–5-26. Introduction...

...Ghadi, H. J., McGlone, J. F., Farzana, E., Arehart, A. R., and Ringel, S. A., “Radiation effects on β-Ga₂O₃ materials and devices,” in Ultrawide Bandgap β-Ga₂O₃ Semiconductor: Theory and Applications, edited by J. S...

...Arias-Purdue, A., Mehrotra, V., Neft, C., Chabak, K. D., Green, A. J., Liddy, K. J., Shinohara, K., and Urteaga, M. E., “Future prospect of β-Ga₂O₃: Materials, devices and circuit applications,” in Ultrawide Bandgap β-Ga₂O₃ Semiconductor: Theory...

...Optical Microscopy and Imaging Techniques Visualizing 2D materials Since the discovery of graphene, a large number of 2D materials have been isolated with varying electronic and structural properties ( Akinwande et al., 2014 ). The optoelectronic properties of these materials depend...

...Introduction The mechanical isolation of monolayer graphene by Geim and Novoselov in 2004 has stimulated intensive research in the 2D material family, which broadened the 2D family consisting of layered materials such as graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄), hexagonal boron...

...Introduction Among the various dimensions of materials studied, particularly, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been investigated as promising candidates for several advanced applications ( Singh et al., 2021 and Shinde et al., 2022 ). The family of 2D materials includes...

...Introduction The term “two-dimensional” (or “2D”) refers to crystalline materials with a large lateral size to thickness ratio (1–10 000 m/1 nm) ( Novoselov et al., 2012 ). The increasing demand for 2D materials is fueled by novel characteristics and extraordinary low-dimensional physical...

...Introduction In the usual course of events, the correlation between the properties and application of the proposed materials are elucidated through numerous characterization techniques. These characterization tools not only talk about the comprehensive physicochemical, optical, thermal...

...Introduction Twistronics deals with the study of changes in the properties of 2D materials with a change in the relative angle (twist) between vertically stacked layers of 2D materials. Such relative twist results in a new periodicity (pattern) known as a “moiré pattern” and subsequent periodic...

...Introduction In recent years, two-dimensional (2D) materials have been widely used for a variety of applications like catalysis, sensing, energy production, energy storage, electronics, super-capacitors, and spintronics ( Schwierz et al., 2015 ; Gao et al., 2016 ; Dong et...

... this rapid growth, batteries still often seem to be mysterious devices, where it can be hard to tell what is physically occurring during charge and discharge. This book seeks to explore emerging frontiers in the advanced characterization of battery materials and look at how x-ray and neutron techniques based...

...Introduction When we heat a material, a limited number of things can happen. It may be that it simply melts at some temperature. It may melt incongruently, to give a liquid of a different composition and a different solid phase. Along the way, the phase(s) contained in our sample may undergo one...

... nature of processes present at the interface, they require special considerations in addition to understanding the bulk properties of the materials. Given that this ensemble [Fig. 3.1(a) ] is rather complex, we will be discussing it one part at a time. FIG. 3.1 (a) Schematic of the electrode-cell...