Straintronics of 2D inorganic materials for electronic and optical applications

Straintronics, being a platform for creating new-generation information processing devices and a physical basis for the development of flexible electronics using two-dimensional (2D) inorganic materials, is currently a rapidly developing field of nanoelectronics. An attractive feature of the new family of 2D crystals is their capacity for deformation and stretching. The use of deformations can lead to remarkable changes in the electronic properties of 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures based on them and to nonconventional technological and engineering solutions. Deformation engineering as an avenue to explore the potential to adjust the physical properties of materials by controlling elastic deformation fields is ideal for implementation precisely in atomically thin materials and structures.