This book provides information on the characteristics, strategies and applications of layered materials. It sheds light on layerdness-dependent properties of Van der Waals solids for potential applications. The properties of various layered materials prepared using different experimental strategies are described. Further, the first-principles calculations are given to devise a strategy to investigate layeredness in materials. The structural, thermal, mechanical, lattice vibronic, electronic, optical and carrier transport characteristics of the layered materials are elaborated in detail. This book provides an updated source of information on layered materials for students, researchers, and professionals.

Auteur

Dr. Abdul Majid is Professor and Chair in the Department of Physics at the University of Gujrat in Pakistan. His research interests include experimental and computational studies of semiconductors at bulk and nanoscale, for utilization in electronic, optoelectronic and magnetic devices. He has twenty years of academic and research experience at national and international organizations. He conducted his doctoral research at the Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and carried out his postdoctoral research at Osaka University, Japan.

Miss Alia Jabeen obtained her M.Sc. and M.Phil. from the Department of Physics, University of Gujrat, Pakistan. Her research interests include investigation of physical properties of nanomaterials. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD from the same organization while working on layered materials and inorganic molecular crystals.