| Abstract Scope |
The emergence of two-dimensional materials opened up many potential avenues for novel device applications such as nanoelectronics, topological insulators, field-effect transistors, microwave, and terahertz photonics, and many more. To date, there are over 1,000 theoretically predicted 2D materials. However, only 55 2D materials have been experimentally synthesized. Computational methods such as density functional theory can be used to determine the suitable substrates to synthesize as-yet-hypothetical 2D materials. Using various 2D materials databases and van der Waals corrected density functional theory we investigate the suitability of metallic, cubic-structured substrates to stabilize 2D growth. For materials which meet the criteria for suitable substrate-assisted synthesis methods such as chemical vapor deposition, the density of states is computed to characterize the electronic properties of these materials for device applications. |