Descrizione del progetto
Legami efficaci: uno studio delle forze di van der Waals nei materiali bidimensionali
Le forze di van der Waals sono la somma di forze attrattive e repulsive relativamente deboli tra atomi e molecole a carica elettrica neutra. Sebbene queste forze siano relativamente deboli, sono importanti in numerosi processi tra cui quelli di adesione, stabilità dei colloidi e struttura delle proteine, nonché nelle interazioni tra i materiali bidimensionali e al loro interno. Con il sostegno del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto vdWForcesIn2D sta conducendo un’analisi teorica completa a livello sperimentale e teorico delle forze di van der Waals in pile di materiali bidimensionali e a sé stanti avvalendosi di nuovi approcci per la misurazione delle energie di legame.
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials have a rich structural diversity and therefore are of high interest for applications in material science, chemistry, and biology. Many applications rely on interfacial stacking of 2D materials, hence understanding interactions between and within 2D materials are of paramount importance. During this fellowship, we will develop a strategy enabling rapid and high-throughput measurements of van der Waals (vdW) forces between 2D materials and their binding energies with each other by using atomic force microscopy. In contrast to existing experimental techniques, we will conduct experiments in the multilayered thin films having various numbers of 2D sheets with metallic, semiconducting, and insulating electronic properties. For this, we will use a tipless cantilever for the long-range macroscopic vdW force measurements between large areas of surface in a fast and reliable way. Next, vdW force measurements within 2D materials will be realized with the help of a new hollow probe. This new construct will allow using freestanding 2D materials for making direct contact with a surface and measurement of binding energy in the format of adhesion energy. Since the binding energy experiments are more complex as highly affected by surface roughness, we believe that this new implementation will help to uncover those properties much accurately. In summary, our experiments will provide much needed experimental benchmarks for the development of theoretical vdW methodologies, analysis of which is proposed in the final work package, while allowing the researcher to reintegrate the European research community after a fruitful post-doc abroad.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
4365 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
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