Functional Ink Formulation for Printing and Coating of Graphene and Other 2D Materials: Challenges and Solutions

The properties of 2D materials are unparalleled when compared to their 3D counterparts; many these a consequence size reduction only couple atomic layers. Metallic, semiconducting, and insulating types can be found form platform for new generation devices. Among the possible methods utilize materials, functional printing has emerged as strong contender because inks directly formulated from dispersions obtained by liquid-phase exfoliation. Printed graphene-based devices shifting laboratory applications toward real-world mass-producible systems going hand in with good understanding suitable exfoliation targeted type ink. Such clear picture does not yet exist hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), black phosphorous (BP). Rather, reports printed scattered throughout literature, adding comprehensive full relevant parameters. This perspective starts summary most important features exfoliated graphene. For h-BN, TMDs, BP, characteristic solution strategies formulate summarized.