Advances in Printing Graphene and Other 2D Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Since the first isolation of graphene and the revelation of its outstanding optical, electrical, and mechanical properties, there has been tremendous research interest in two-dimensional (2D) materials. The unique properties of graphene and related 2D materials offer an abundance of opportunities for next-generation applications and technologies. These 2D materials can be exfoliated from their parent-layered materials through low-cost, mass production methods via solution processing. While several deposition techniques exist for solution-processed 2D materials, printing holds a specific promise for high-volume, low-cost manufacturing.

The field of printed electronics and energy storage devices has been developing rapidly, driven by different printing techniques offering low-cost and simple methods for device fabrications, while demonstrating compatibility with most substrates, including those that are flexible and wearable. For complex electronic systems, various solution-processed materials (or inks) are needed to realize diverse functional components, including electrical wires, resistors, dielectrics, and semiconductors. Beyond the printing of specific patterns or features, formulated inks can also be used for functional coating, expanding the scope of low-cost, high-speed, and high-throughput application development.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present recent developments and advances in graphene and other 2D-materials-based functional inks. Our objective is to highlight a collection of research and review articles that report the latest developments and trends in solution-processed 2D materials, ink formulations, printing techniques, and applications to a wide audience of chemists, physicists, engineers, and material scientists who work in this area.  

It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue entitled “Advances in Printing Graphene and Other 2D Materials”. Full papers, communications, and review articles are all welcome.

Dr. Khaled Parvez
Guest Editor

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• Graphene and its analogous materials (graphene, graphene oxide, functionalized graphene, etc.)
• 2D chalcogenides: MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, MoTe2, WSe2, TaS2, etc.
• 2D oxides, carbides, nitrides
• Boron nitrides, phosphorene
• MXenes, MOFs, 2D polymers, 2D perovskites, metal halides, etc.
• Solution processing of 2D materials, ink formulations, rheology
• 2D printing: inkjet printing, gravure printing, screen printing, extrusion printing, flexographic printing
• 3D printing
• Functional coating: spray coating, doctor-blade coating, spin coating, Langmuir–Blodgett coating, etc.
• 2D-materials-based advanced devices and applications