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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30    
7:15 – 8:00 AM REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST BUFFET
 
8:00 – 8:20 AM Welcome and Introductions  
  Assistant Director for Engineering Thomas Peterson
NSF
  ECCS Senior Engineer Advisor Lawrence Goldberg
NSF
  Division Director for DMR Ian Robertson
NSF
  Chief Scientist Thomas W. Hussey
AFOSR
  ECCS Program Director Anupama Kaul
NSF
     
8:20 – 8:40 AM Overview Pulickel Ajayan
Workshop Chair
Rice University
     
8:40 – 8:50 AM Funding Agency Perspectives  
  ENG/ECCS/NSF Anupama Kaul
NSF
  MPS/DMR/NSF Charles Ying
NSF
  AFOSR James Hwang
AFOSR
     
  Chair: Jun Lou, Workshop Co-Chair, Rice University  
8:50 – 9:30 AM
Presentation

Keynote Presentation
Graphene and Beyond – A Perspective

Mildred Dresselhaus
MIT
     
9:30 – 9:40 AM Coffee Break  
     
9:40 – 11:40 AM Session I:  Latest in Graphene and Device Applications  
  Chair: Anupama Kaul, NSF  
     
9:40 – 10:00 AM
 Presentation
Graphene and Hexa Boron Nitride Heterostacks and Beyond Philip Kim
Columbia
10:00 – 10:20 AM Beyond 2D Graphene Walter de Heer
Georgia Tech
10:20 – 10:40 AM Ultrabroadband Photodetection with Graphene Devices Michael Fuhrer
Univ. of Maryland
10:40  – 11:00 AM Graphene-based and Graphene-derived Materials and their Properties Hengxing Ji
UT Austin
11:00 – 11:20 AM Influence of Grain Boundaries on the Physical Properties of Polycrystalline Graphene Vivek Shenoy
Brown University
11:20  – 11:40 AM
 Presentation
Giant Band Gap Modulation in 2-Dimensional Structures through Dielectric Screening Saroj Nayak
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
     
11:40 – 12:40 PM
 Presentation
Working Lunch – “NSF CREATIV” Presentation
Thomas Russell
NSF OD/OIA
     
12:40 – 2:20 PM Session II:  Synthesis, Chemistry, Characterization and Modeling of 2D Atomic layers  
  Chair: Pani (Chakrapani) Varanasi, ARO  
     
12:40 – 1:00 PM
 Presentation
Two-Dimensional Carbides and Related Compounds Yury Gogotsi
Drexel University
1:00 – 1:20 PM
Presentation
Single Layer Dichalcogenides: Theory, Preparation and Characterization Mauricio Terrones  Penn State & Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, Exotic NanoCarbon Project
1:20 – 1:40 PM
 Presentation
Synthesis of Functional Nanostructures through Topochemical Reactions of Layered Solids Thomas Mallouk
Penn State
1:40 – 2:00 PM Chemically Exfoliated Layered Transition Metal Chalcogenide Nanosheets for Energy Applications Manish Chhowalla
Rutgers University
2.00 – 2.20 PM
 Presentation
Large Area Vapor Phase Growth and 2D Engineering of Atomic Layers Jun Lou
Rice University
     
2:20 – 2:35 PM Coffee Break  
     
2:35 – 4:35 PM Session III:  Devices and Applications of 2D Layered Materials  
  Chair: James Hwang, AFOSR  
     
2:35 – 2: 55 PM
 Presentation
Single Layer MoS2: Devices, Electronics and Mechanics  Andras Kis
Lausanne
2:55 – 3:15 PM
 Presentation
Perspectives and Limits of Transition Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructure (TMCN) Based Electronic Devices Gotthard Seifert
Dresden
3:15 – 3:35 PM Probing the BCN-triangle by Computations—Outside the Carbon Corner Boris Yakobson
Rice University
3:35 – 3:55 PM
 Presentation
Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Graphene and Inorganic Layered Compounds
– a Route to Diverse Applications
Mustafa Lotya
Trinity College Dublin
3:55 – 4:15 PM
 Presentation
1, 2, 3: Strains, Band Gap and Many-body Physics in Graphene Jeanie Lau
UC Riverside
4:15 – 4:35 PM 2D Crystals: Solutions for Next Generation Electronic Debdeep Jena
Univ. of Notre Dame
     
4:35 – 4:45 PM Coffee Break  
     
4.45 – 6.00 PM Breakout Sessions I                   Chairs:
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Electronic Applications Kaustav Banerjee
UCSB
Michael Fuhrer
UMD
Ivan Oleynik, USF
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Structural and Energy Applications David Geohegan ORNL
Thomas Mallouk
PSU
Mauricio Terrones PSU & Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, Exotic NanoCarbon Project
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Photonic and Sensing Applications Manish Chhowalla
Rutgers
Keith Perkins, NRL
THURSDAY, MAY 31    
7:15 – 8:00 AM REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST BUFFET  
     
8:00 – 10:20 AM Session IV: Synthesis, Chemistry, Characterization and Modeling of 2D Atomic Layers  
  Chair: Charles Ying, NSF  
     
8:00 – 8:20 AM
 Presentation
Synthesis, Characterization, and Opportunities for 2D Materials Based on BN and MX2 Alex Zettl
UC Berkeley
8:20 – 8:40 AM
 Presentation
Progress in Topological Insulator Materials for 2D Devices Yoichi Ando
Osaka University
8:40 – 9:00 AM Topological Insulator Surface States Coupled with Magnetic Materials Xiao-Liang Qi
Stanford University
9:00 – 9:20 AM
 Presentation
Novel Transistor Concepts Based on 2D systems- Graphene and Topological Insulators Sanjay Banerjee
UT Austin
9:20 – 9:40 AM
 Presentation
2D III-V XOI: Materials and Devices Ali Javey
UC Berkeley
9:40 – 10:00 AM
 Presentation
Device Aspects of 2D Crystals: High-k Integration, Contacts, and Scaling Peide Ye
Purdue
10:00 – 10:20 AM Germananes and Silicanes: Ge and Si Graphene Analogues Joshua Goldberger
Ohio State
10:20 – 10:35 AM Coffee Break  
10:35 – 12:30 PM Breakout Sessions II                  Chairs:
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Electronic Applications Kaustav Banerjee
UCSB
Michael Fuhrer
UMD
Ivan Oleynik, USF
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Structural and Energy Application David Geohegan ORNL
Thomas Mallouk
PSU
Mauricio Terrones PSU & Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan, Exotic NanoCarbon Projec
  2D Layered Materials (beyond graphene) for Photonic and Sensing Applications Manish Chhowalla
Rutgers
Keith Perkins, NRL
     
12:30 – 1:30 PM Working Lunch
 
     
1:30 – 2:30 PM

Presentations from Breakout Sessions
 Electronic Applications
 Structural & Energy Applications
 
Photonic and Sensing Applications

2:30 – 3:15 PM General Concluding Discussions (Panel Session)  
     
3:15 – 3:45 PM Closing Remarks  
  Director of the Physics and Electronics Directorate Patrick Carrick
AFOSR
  Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering Kesh Narayanan
NSF
     
3:45 PM Adjournment Anupama Kaul
Pulickel Ajayan
     
3:45 PM and Onward Mixer with Program Managers