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2D Materials and Applications

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Brian C. Wyatt
Argonne National Laboratory
2
Di Wang
University of Chicago
3
Darsith Jayachandran
Pennsylvania State University
4
Junxian Bai
South China University of Technology
5
Fan Wu
San’an Optoelectronics (China)
6
Kaichen Zhu
Fudan University
7
Yinjie Guo
Columbia University
8
Tetiana Parker
Drexel University
9
Yongshan Xu
Materials Processing (United States)
10
Vasiliy Brusko
Kazan Federal University

Papers

1
Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors
Nature|2024
300 cit.
2
Publication in Chemistry of Materials (2024) [287 citations, W4401734712]
Chemistry of Materials|2024
287 cit.
3
Unraveling the infrared spectrum of graphene oxide
Carbon|2024
250 cit.
4
Superconductivity in 5.0° twisted bilayer WSe2
Nature|2025
145 cit.
5
3D integration of 2D electronics
Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering|2024
103 cit.
6
Topology-induced local electric polarization in 2D thiophene-based covalent organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic H2 evolution
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION)|2024
64 cit.
7
Alkali cation stabilization of defects in 2D MXenes at ambient and elevated temperatures
Nature Communications|2024
58 cit.
8
Order-to-disorder transition due to entropy in layered and 2D carbides
Science|2025
44 cit.
9
Publication in ACS Nano (2025) [43 citations, W4411146006]
ACS Nano|2025
43 cit.
10
Directional Transport of Photogenerated Electrons to Reduction Sites in Covalent Organic Frameworks by Microenvironment Modulation for CO<sub>2</sub> Photoreduction
Advanced Functional Materials|2024
22 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Babak Anasori
Purdue University West Lafayette
2
Yandong Ma
Lanzhou University of Technology
3
Inanc Meric
Intel (United Kingdom)
4
Longhui Zeng
Zhengzhou University
5
Minglei Sun
Nankai University
6
Liangzhi Kou
University of Bremen
7
Alexey Chernikov
Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter
8
Letian Dou
Davidson College
9
Menghao Wu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
10
Majid Beidaghi
University of Arizona

Papers

1
Uncooled Mid-Infrared Sensing Enabled by Chip-Integrated Low-Temperature-Grown 2D PdTe<sub>2</sub> Dirac Semimetal
Nano Letters|2023
254 cit.
2
MXenes: trends, growth, and future directions
Graphene and 2D Materials|2022
230 cit.
3
Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes
Nature Communications|2023
214 cit.
4
NDVI-based vegetation dynamics and their responses to climate change and human activities from 1982 to 2020: A case study in the Mu Us Sandy Land, China
Ecological Indicators|2022
196 cit.
5
Step‐by‐Step Guide for Synthesis and Delamination of Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i> MXene
Small Methods|2023
192 cit.
6
Two-dimensional MXenes
MRS Bulletin|2023
186 cit.
7
2D Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Properties and Applications
physica status solidi (b)|2022
175 cit.
8
Design Strategies of Stable Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation to Propylene
ACS Catalysis|2023
172 cit.
9
Atypical Sliding and Moiré Ferroelectricity in Pure Multilayer Graphene
Physical Review Letters|2023
124 cit.
10
Defective Biphenylene as High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts
Inorganic Chemistry|2023
104 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
2
Tony F. Heinz
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
3
András Kis
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
4
Hua Zhang
Nanyang Technological University
5
Michel W. Barsoum
Drexel University
6
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Rice University
7
Xiaodong Xu
University of Washington
8
Han Zhang
Southern University of Science and Technology
9
Lain‐Jong Li
National University of Singapore
10
Feng Wang
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Papers

1
Materials for electrochemical capacitors
Nature Materials|2008
16.1k cit.
2
Atomically Thin <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>MoS</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> : A New Direct-Gap Semiconductor
Physical Review Letters|2010
15.2k cit.
3
Single-layer MoS2 transistors
Nature Nanotechnology|2011
14.8k cit.
4
Two‐Dimensional Nanocrystals Produced by Exfoliation of Ti<sub>3</sub>AlC<sub>2</sub>
Advanced Materials|2011
11.5k cit.
5
The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets
Nature Chemistry|2013
9.8k cit.
6
Emerging Photoluminescence in Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub>
Nano Letters|2010
9.4k cit.
7
25th Anniversary Article: MXenes: A New Family of Two‐Dimensional Materials
Advanced Materials|2013
6.3k cit.
8
Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit
Nature|2017
5.9k cit.
9
Conductive two-dimensional titanium carbide ‘clay’ with high volumetric capacitance
Nature|2014
5.8k cit.
10
Electromagnetic interference shielding with 2D transition metal carbides (MXenes)
Science|2016
5.1k cit.

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