2025 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

Symposium NM05-Strain and Defect Engineering in 2D Materials

Strain and defects play crucial roles in modulating the physical properties of materials and devices, impacting quantum-optical, superconducting, and magnetic characteristics essential for introducing new functionalities and driving next-generation technologies. 2D materials are particularly promising for strain engineering due to their high elastic strain limit and their atomic-scale thickness, allowing for efficient strain-engineering even at the nanometer-scale. Additionally, the confined third dimension of 2D materials makes them an ideal platform for defect-engineering, where precise positioning of defects can be achieved. The precise manipulation of defect-induced electron and spin systems in low-dimensional materials offers pathways to unlocking novel states of matter with profound scientific and technological implications. This symposium will comprehensively cover a broad range of topics, including the strain and defect engineering at nano/atomistic scale, photonic control of 2D quantum systems, and advanced characterization techniques to probe emergent phenomena. It will encompass fundamental experimental and theoretical investigations aimed at understanding emergent phenomena in low-dimensional materials with potential transformative impact in clean energy, critical materials alternates, quantum sensing and computing, and next-generation optoelectronics and microelectronics.

Topics will include:

Impact of defects and strain on electronic, thermal, optical, and magnetic properties of 2D materials
Strain and defect engineering of emergent phenomena in 2D materials
Spin-defect qubits in 2D materials
Light-driven phenomena and photonic control of 2D materials
Advanced characterization methods of nano-engineered 2D materials
Mechanics of 2D materials
Strain-, defect-, nano/quantum-engineered 2D devices
Spintronics and straintronics
Emerging applications of engineered 2D materials for clean energy, advanced health care, quantum computing and sensing

Invited Speakers:

Igor Aharonovich (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Zakaria Al Balushi (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Andrea Ferrari (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Kin Chung Fong (Northeastern University, USA)
Su-Hyun Gong (Korea University, Republic of Korea)
Mark Hersam (Northwestern University, USA)
Ortwin Hess (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Min Seok Jang (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
Seung Soon Jang (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Dennis Kim (University of Florida, USA)
Philip Kim (Harvard University, USA)
Sejeong Kim (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Xufan Li (Honda Research Institute, USA)
Jun Lou (Rice University, USA)
Yu Jung Lu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Kayla Nguyen (University of Oregon, USA)
Tereza Porozova (HeXalayer LLC, USA)
Michael Rübhausen (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
Jean-Philippe Tetienne (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
Nai-Chang Yeh (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Huan Zhao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)