Layered Nanomaterials

Mauricio Terrones obtained his B.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics with first class honours at Universidad Iberoamericana, and was distinguished as the Best Student of Mexico in Engineering Physics in 1992. In 1994 he started his doctorate degree with Sir Prof. Harold W. Kroto (Nobel Laureate, FRS) and received his D.Phil. degree from University of Sussex in 1997. He has co-authored more than 319 publications in international journals. He has numerous awards including: the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, the Mexican National Prize for Chemistry, the Javed Husain Prize and the Albert Einstein medal from UNESCO, the TWAS Prize in Engineering Physics, the Carbon Prize given by the Japanese Carbon Society, the Somiya Award by the International Union of Materials Research Societies, among others. He currently holds a chair of excellence at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, and he was the pioneer of the National Laboratory for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research (LINAN) at IPICYT in Mexico. His research now concentrates on the theory, synthesis and characterization of novel layered nanomaterials, including graphene. Now, He is professor at the Department of Physics of Pennsylvania State University. Humberto Terrones obtained his PhD degree from Birkbeck College in 1992 (University of London) under the supervision of Prof. Alan L. Mackay (FRS). Following a postdoctoral stay at Cambridge University (UK), Humberto joined the Institute of Physics at (UNAM) in Mexico City. He then moved to IPICYT as Head of the Advanced Materials Department, to work mainly in nanosciences and nanotechnology introducing a multidisciplinary character to research. He has co-authored more than 206 publications in international journals. He is visiting scientist in different universities around the world such as the Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences of the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium, Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil, Oak Ridge National Lab in the USA and the University of Science and Technology of China among others. Alan L. Mackay and HumbertoTerrones were the first to introduce the concept of curvature in layered materials to understand and propose new nanostructures. Florentino López-Urías carried out his BSc degree in Physical Sciences at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (México). He pursued his MSc. in Physical Sciences at the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (México), and received the PhD degree in Physics from the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse (France). He has co-authored more than 52 publications in international journals. He has also published 4 book chapters, 6 science divulgation articles. In addition, he has graduated 6 Ph.D. students and 5 bachelor students. Finally, Dr. López has peer reviewed many articles in various international journals. His research interests include theoretical and experimental aspects of graphene materials as well as diverse magnetic nanostructures. He is presently visiting professor at the Department of Physics of Pennsylvania State University.

• ForewordMETAL CHALCOGENIDESMetal chalcgenides synthesis and applicationsExfoliated Layered Materials: Synthesis and Applications Optical Properties and Applications of ChalcogenidesTheory of WS2 and MoS2: defective, finite and crystalline systemsPlatelets and Nanostructures of WS2 and MoS2Single Layer MoS2 transistorsMoS2 monolayer and few layered photo devicesEdges in chalcogenide systems: Theory and ExperimentBORON NITRIDE AND OTHER MONO-LAYERED BINARY COMPOUNDSBN based single layered systemsBN Nanoribbons and BeyondTheory of BN and BCN NanosystemsSynthesis of BN layers by CVD methodsHRTEM of hexagonal boron nitride monolayersZinc Oxide electronic propertiesVanadium oxide layered nanostructuresTheory of Honeycomb monolayered binary compounds of groups IV-group III-V binary compoundsGRAPHENEGraphene: Present and FutureSynthesis of Doped GraphenesGraphene Oxide and BeyondGraphene DevicesEpitaxial Graphene: Synthesis and ApplicationsB-doped graphenes: Synthesis and real ApplicationsTheory of Doped GraphenesDefects in Graphene SystemsAC-HRTEM of doped graphenes and layered MaterialsRaman of Graphene and nanoribbonsGraphene and Graphene Nanoribbons: Synthesis and Applications