The book explains, in an easy way, the diffi cult to grasp concepts behind 2D exotic material properties for physicists, materials scientists, and engineers. This is a new class of phenomena highlighted in 2D materials with strong implications on physics. Physics, also for complex phenomena, is explained in easy terms that are ideal for newcomers to the fi eld and advanced students alike. Theory and specifi c examples of materials and their intriguing properties are discussed focusing on the structure property relationships that govern materials science. Applications for each phenomenon are evoked and a roadmapping is performed.

• Foreword 8
• Author’s premises 10
• Contents 12
• Introduction 16
• 1 2D topological insulators and quantum spin Hall states: what are they and which are the potential applications for the real wo 18
• 2 Magic angle: twisting graphene layers to create superconductors 48
• 3 Valleytronics and a new way to encode information using 2D materials 70
• 4 2D black phosphorus: difficult to handle but so interesting for opto-electronics 86
• 5 Straintronics: a new way to engineer the physical intrinsic properties of 2D materials and van der Waals structures 120
• 6 Exotic properties of 2D materials: where are we? The compromise between beyond CMOS and more-than-Moore vision and roadmaps 144
• Index 158