Physics Professor Serves as Journal Guest Editor

Russell Cothren

Salvador Barraza-Lopez

Associate professor of physics Salvador Barraza-Lopez served as a guest editor for an issue of the Journal of Applied Physics.

The issue, titled "Beyond Graphene: Low-Symmetry and Anisotropic 2D Materials," contained 16 experimental and theoretical contributions on a variety of atomically thin materials and has an emphasis on newly discovered physical behavior. It was published in September.

"Besides the breadth of these contributions, a metric I am proud of is their geographical origin, which included Africa (Morocco), Asia (China, India, Japan, Singapore), Europe (Denmark, Germany, Poland) and the Americas (Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the USA)," said Barraza-Lopez.

Two-dimensional materials are ultrathin membranes that hold promise for novel optoelectronic, thermal and mechanical applications in materials so thin that they could be used in foldable devices and could unleash a higher density of components when compared with thicker, present-day materials.

Fengnian Xia of Yale University, Wenjuan Zhu of the University of Illinois and Han Wang of the University of Southern California also served as guest editors of the special issue.