The 2D materials roadmap

Abstract Over the past two decades, two-dimensional (2D) materials have rapidly evolved into a diverse and expanding family of material platforms. Many members of this materials class have demonstrated their potential to deliver transformative impact on fundamental research and technological applications across different fields. In this roadmap, we provide an overview of the key aspects of 2D material research and development, spanning synthesis, properties and commercial applications. We specifically present roadmaps for high impact 2D materials, including graphene and its derivatives, transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes as well as their heterostructures and moiré systems. The discussions are organized into thematic sections covering emerging research areas (e.g. twisted electronics, moiré nano-optoelectronics, polaritronics, quantum photonics, and neuromorphic computing), breakthrough applications in key technologies (e.g. 2D transistors, energy storage, electrocatalysis, filtration and separation, thermal management, flexible electronics, sensing, electromagnetic interference shielding, and composites) and other important topics (computational discovery of novel materials, commercialization and standardization). This roadmap focuses on the current research landscape, future challenges and scientific and technological advances required to address, with the intent to provide useful references for promoting the development of 2D materials.

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2D Materials
Published
2025-12-11
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ae2b82
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13
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2D Materials and Applications
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Abstract

Abstract Over the past two decades, two-dimensional (2D) materials have rapidly evolved into a diverse and expanding family of material platforms. Many members of this materials class have demonstrated their potential to deliver transformative impact on fundamental research and technological applications across different fields. In this roadmap, we provide an overview of the key aspects of 2D material research and development, spanning synthesis, properties and commercial applications. We specifically present roadmaps for high impact 2D materials, including graphene and its derivatives, transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes as well as their heterostructures and moiré systems. The discussions are organized into thematic sections covering emerging research areas (e.g. twisted electronics, moiré nano-optoelectronics, polaritronics, quantum photonics, and neuromorphic computing), breakthrough applications in key technologies (e.g. 2D transistors, energy storage, electrocatalysis, filtration and separation, thermal management, flexible electronics, sensing, electromagnetic interference shielding, and composites) and other important topics (computational discovery of novel materials, commercialization and standardization). This roadmap focuses on the current research landscape, future challenges and scientific and technological advances required to address, with the intent to provide useful references for promoting the development of 2D materials.

2D MaterialsVol. 13(2)
Linköping University (SE), Northwestern University (US), University of Technology Sydney (AU), Beijing Institute of Technology (CN), Pennsylvania State University (US), National Physical Laboratory (GB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR), Nanjing Tech University (CN), Tianjin University of Technology (CN), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IN), Tianjin University (CN), The University of Melbourne (AU), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (US), City University of New York (US), Institute of Photonic Sciences (ES), Yonsei University (KR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), University of Washington (US), Peking University (CN), Melbourne Water (AU), Huawei Technologies (China) (CN), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. (DE), University of Cambridge (GB), University of Michigan (US), University of Manchester (GB), Henry Royce Institute (GB), University Town of Shenzhen (CN), Yale University (US), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CN), BeDimensional (Italy) (IT), Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ES), Bridge University (SS), Toulouse Mathematics Institute (FR), Beijing Graphene Institute (CN), Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (CN), Suzhou Research Institute (CN), Institute of Metal Research (CN), Thinfilm (Sweden) (SE), International Centre for Materials Physics (CN), Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (DK), Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (CN), University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (US), Element Six (United States) (US), Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (CN), Instituttet for Produktudvikling (Denmark) (DK), Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CN), Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (US), Seattle University (US), University of Regensburg (DE), Drexel University (US), Beijing University of Chemical Technology (CN), Columbia University (US), Technische Universität Dresden (DE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE), Auburn University (US), Sungkyunkwan University (KR), The University of Texas at Austin (US), RWTH Aachen University (DE), Technical University of Denmark (DK), Tsinghua University (CN)
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