2D Materials and Interfaces of Tomorrow

As part of the 2D-ENGINE dissemination and community building, this two-day workshop at ESRF (December 10–11) will convene the Grenoble-area and broader European community working on 2D materials and interfaces: ESRF beamlines and local labs (CEA, CNRS/UGA), members of the Graphene Flagship initiative, students, postdocs, and interested users. The goal is practical exchange and collaboration: tutorial-style talks that connect synthesis routes with in-situ/operando characterization and device-relevant interfaces, and that help align experimental needs toward joint proposals and shared workflows.

Programme highlights

📌The program will focus on recent advances in scalable synthesis and characterization. Cross-cutting themes include epitaxy and interface physics of 2D systems (e.g., growth templating, strain/defects, beyond-graphene semiconductors and vdW heterostructures); multiscale surface/interface scattering for growth and structure studies; nano/micro-diffraction and strain imaging; high-energy, buried-interface and operando studies (including electrochemical environments). We will also cover liquid-metal-catalyst (LMCat) routes and transfer-free growth. Together, these sessions link synthesis (CVD/MBE/LMCat) to quantitative metrology (GIXD/GISAXS/GIWAXS/XRR/coherent methods) for electronics, catalysis, and emerging spintronic applications.

Exclusive beamline and lab tours

📌Subject to interest and availability, the workshop will also include guided beamline and lab tours showcasing ESRF capabilities most relevant to 2D materials: ID01, ID10 and the LMCat lab, ID31, ID32 and BM32. Tours will highlight sample environments (growth/reactor cells, surface/interface scattering setups, nano-/micro-diffraction, spectroscopy, and imaging options) and will run in small groups to facilitate discussion; participants can pre-register for tour slots during sign-up.

Confirmed speakers

Representatives from the following laboratories will also be present:

- Nanostructures and Magnetism Lab, SPINTEC CEA

- Topological Spintronics Lab, SPINTEC CEA

- BM32 InterFace Beamline, French CRG/ESRF

- ID01 Nano/Micro Diffraction Imaging, ESRF

- ID31 High-Energy for Buried Interface Structure and Materials Processing, ESRF

For additional information regarding these projects

2D-Engine: https://www.2dengine.eu/

Graphene Flagship: https://graphene-flagship.eu/

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