2D Materials: Growth, Modification, and Defects I

Presentations

• Merging topology and superconducting at epitaxial interfaces

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: [1] R. G. Moore et al., Advanced Materials, 35, 2210940 (2023); 10.1002/adma.202210940
  [2] A.-H. Chen et al., Advanced Materials, 202401809 (2024); 10.1002/adma.202401809
  [3] A.-H. Chen et al., arXiv 2507.18592 (2025)
  [4] M. Chilcote et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 2405829 (2024); 10.1002/adfm.202405829
  

  Presenters

  • Matthew Brahlek

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Matthew Brahlek

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• i-MXene Derived from (Mo_2/3Er_1/3)₂AlC Rare-Earth i-MAX: Structural, Electronic, and Electrochemical Perspectives

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Bhoj Gautam

    • Fayetteville State University

  Authors

  • Bhoj Gautam

    • Fayetteville State University

  • Nisha Hiralal Patel Makani

  • Chandra Adhikari

    • Fayetteville State University

  • Shanna Alonzo

  • Bishnu Bastakoti

  • Binod Rai

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• Anisotropy of Vacancy Interactions in MXenes and their Effect on Mechanical Properties

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Steven Goldy

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Steven Goldy

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Cristian Ciobanu

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Garritt Tucker

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• Oxidation Pathways of Ti₃C₂T_x MXenes to Titanium Oxides

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: McIntosh, B.J., Márkus, B.G., Nyáry, A., Simon, F., Forró, L. and Beke, D. (2025), Surface Chemistry–Driven Oxidation Mechanisms in Ti3C2Tx MXenes. Small Sci., 5: 2500209. https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202500209
  
  Bence G. Márkus, Bradlee J. McIntosh, Anna Nyáry, Lili Vajtai, Sándor H. Sipos, Nirmal J. Ghimire, Ferenc Simon, Laszló Forró, and Dávid Beke, "Electronic anomaly around 350 k in T i3C2 Tx mxene", (Unpublished) (2025).

  Presenters

  • Bradlee McIntosh

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Bradlee McIntosh

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Bence Markus

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Anna Nyary

  • Lili Vajtai

    • University of Notre Dame

  • David Beke

    • Wigner Research Center for Physics

  • Laszlo Forro

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Environmental Stability and Electronic Properties of Individual Flakes of Ti₂CT_x MXene

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexey Lipatov

    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

  Authors

  • Alexey Lipatov

    • South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

  • Md Ibrahim Kholil

  • Saman Bagheri

  • Hanna Pazniak

  • Venera Alimova

  • Alexander Sinitskii

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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• Strain engineering of bright defects in quasi-one-dimensional TiS₃ and NbS₃ nanowires

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Jordan Chapman

    • Virginia Tech National Security Institute

  Authors

  • Jordan Chapman

    • Virginia Tech National Security Institute

  • Arindom Nag

  • Thang Pham

  • Vsevolod Ivanov

    • Virginia Tech

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• Ionic Conductivity in Li-doped Functionalized hBN

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: A. Nyary, B. G. Markus, D. Beke, L. Vajtai, F. Simon, L. Forro, and K. Nemeth: Ionic Conductivity in Li-doped Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride (in preparation)

  Presenters

  • Lili Vajtai

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Lili Vajtai

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Anna Nyary

  • Bence Markus

  • David Beke

    • Wigner Research Center for Physics

  • Ferenc Simon

  • Laszlo Forro

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Karoly Nemeth

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• Characterization of Low-Energy Electron-Irradiated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes using Raman Spectroscopy and Desorption Analysis

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Avin Gupta

    • University of North Texas

  Authors

  • Avin Gupta

    • University of North Texas

  • Jose Perez

    • University of North Texas

  • Jacob Hardin

    • University of North Texas

  • Thineth Jayamaha

    • University of North Texas

  • Anil Pusaidini

    • University of North Texas

  • Mahendra Subedi

    • University of North Texas

  • Franklin Talbert

    • University of North Texas

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• Quantum Interference and Localization in Disordered Graphene

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Shinto Francis

    • Clemson University

  Authors

  • Shinto Francis

    • Clemson University

  • Sajib Kumar Mohonta

    • Clemson University

  • Shailendra Chiluwal

    • Clemson University

  • Bipin Sharma

    • Clemson University

  • Rahul Rao

    • Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

  • POOJA PUNEET

    • Clemson University

  • Yu Gong

    • College of Charleston

  • Ramakrishna Podila

    • Clemson University

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• Sharp defect-induced emission peaks in vanadium doped WSe₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Weiru Chen

    • Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Weiru Chen

    • Dartmouth College

  • Yihuang Xiong

    • Dartmouth College

  • Elyse Barre

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Daria Blach

  • Garima Gupta

  • Leyi Loh

  • Chen Yuan

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science

  • Eda Goki

  • Archana Raja

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Geoffroy Hautier

    • Dartmouth College

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• Microscopic study on the electronic structure of V-doped WS₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Carlos Gonzalez

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Carlos Gonzalez

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Tianhui Zhu

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Hem Prasad Bhusal

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Soren Tornoe

  • Doron Wu

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Stijn Borggreve

  • Harold Zandvliet

    • University of Twente

  • Yuan Ping

  • Nobuhiko Kobayashi

  • Jairo Velasco Jr.

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Aiming Yan

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Unexpected Rapid Strain Relaxation in Exfoliated MoS₂ near 56 °C Revealed by Nanoscale Coherent X-ray Diffraction

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Publication: Elastic Domains in Nanoflakes of MoS2: Structural Domains, Domain Melting, and a Glass-Like Transition (planned)

  Presenters

  • Julie Barringer

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Julie Barringer

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Edwin Fohtung

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Jian Shi

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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• Photophysics of cavity‑coupled quantum emitters in chemical vapor deposited hexagonal boron nitride

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Choudhury Abinash Bhuyan

    • San Diego State University

  Authors

  • Choudhury Abinash Bhuyan

    • San Diego State University

  • Hugo Mixco

    • San Diego State University

  • Sanjay Behura

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