Dielectric Ceramics in Nanosheet Form. Final report
This is the final project report detailing the preparation and chemistry of dielectric nanosheets. The major aim of this project was to develop two-dimensional dielectric materials in parallel with efforts to develop two-dimensional semiconductors. Dielectrics are insulating materials that can be polarized, leading to outstanding ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electrostrictive, and electro-optical properties. Dielectric materials are arguably equally important as metallic and semiconducting materials in device engineering, and thus dielectric nanosheets would be valuable building blocks in multitudinous downscaled applications. The specific goals of this project encompassed the development of innovative chemical synthesis methodologies for preparing dielectric materials in freestanding, two-dimensional <10 nm thickness (nanosheet) form; characterization of the fundamental properties of the resulting nanosheets;