Each of FLEET’s three research themes is significantly enabled by the science of novel, atomically-thin, two-dimensional (2D) materials.
These are materials that can be as thin as just one single layer of atoms, with resulting unusual and useful electronic properties.
To provide these materials, from bulk crystals to thin films to atomically-thin layers, FLEET has drawn on extensive expertise in materials synthesis in Australia and internationally.
The most well-known atomically-thin material is graphene, a 2D sheet of carbon atoms that is an extraordinarily-good electrical conductor.
FLEET scientists use other atomically-thin materials in their search for materials possessing the necessary properties for topological and exciton- superfluid states.
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Stories
‘Target identified’: teaching a machine how to identify imperfections in 2D materials
Just as James Cameron’s Terminator-800 was able to discriminate between “clothes, boots, and a motorcycle”, a FLEET study demonstrates potential for machine learning to identify different areas of interest on 2D materials.
Surfaces on the move: dynamic liquefaction
RMIT researchers have discovered that the liquid-solid boundary can fluctuate back and forth, with metallic atoms near the surface breaking free from their crystal lattice.
Listening to nanoscale atomic avalanches
A 2023 UNSW-led FLEET study published in Nature Communications presented an exciting new way to listen to avalanches of atoms in crystals.
Combining irradiation and lithography to engineer advanced conductive materials
A new process developed to engineer nanoscale arrays of conducting channels for advanced scalable electronic circuitry unveils a useful pathway towards scalable topological electronics.