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| 2D Crystal Consortium | |
|---|---|
| Name | 2D Crystal Consortium |
| Type | Research consortium |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Consortium of universities and laboratories |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Region served | International |
| Focus | Two-dimensional materials research |
2D Crystal Consortium is a multi-institutional research consortium focused on the synthesis, characterization, and application of two-dimensional materials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and transition metal dichalcogenides. The consortium brings together expertise from major research universities, national laboratories, and industrial partners to accelerate materials discovery and device integration, interfacing with initiatives led by organizations like the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and international programs such as the European Research Council.
The consortium operates as a hub connecting investigators from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Manchester with facilities at national laboratories such as Argonne National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories. It supports interdisciplinary projects spanning groups led by researchers affiliated with awards like the MacArthur Fellowship, the Nobel Prize in Physics, and the Royal Society fellowships, and engages industry partners including Intel Corporation, IBM, Samsung Electronics, and TSMC.
Established in 2010 through a coalition of academic and government stakeholders, the consortium emerged following high-impact publications by teams at University of Manchester and Columbia University that built on early work by Geim and Novoselov and milestones such as the isolation of graphene. Founding members included faculty from Cornell University, Princeton University, and the University of Cambridge, and it received initial support from funding bodies including the National Institutes of Health, European Commission, and philanthropic organizations such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Research programs are organized around synthesis, characterization, theory, and device integration. Synthesis efforts leverage chemical vapor deposition platforms developed at MIT, molecular beam epitaxy systems at Stanford University, and exfoliation techniques refined at Columbia University. Characterization draws on instruments at Brookhaven National Laboratory and facilities such as the Advanced Photon Source and National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. Theoretical work connects groups at California Institute of Technology and University of Oxford applying methods from density functional theory and linking to high-performance computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.
The consortium maintains formal partnerships with corporations including Google, Microsoft, Applied Materials, and TSMC for device prototyping and scale-up, while academic collaborations extend to ETH Zurich, University of Tokyo, Peking University, and Seoul National University. It is a member of international networks such as the Graphene Flagship and engages with policy and standards bodies including ISO and the IEEE to harmonize metrology and safety protocols. Collaborative projects often intersect with initiatives like the Materials Genome Initiative and programs funded by the European Research Council and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Consortium-affiliated researchers publish in high-profile journals including Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, and ACS Nano, contributing to breakthroughs in areas first highlighted by work at University of Manchester and Columbia University. Citation networks link consortium outputs to landmark papers by laureates such as Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, and to technological translations exemplified by companies like Graphenea and First Graphene. The consortium's datasets feed repositories maintained by Zenodo and institutional archives at MIT Libraries and Harvard Library.
Funding sources include grants from the National Science Foundation, cooperative agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy, contracts with industrial partners like Intel Corporation and Samsung Electronics, and contributions from foundations including the Simons Foundation and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Governance is overseen by a board comprising deans and directors from member institutions such as Harvard University, Stanford University, and Imperial College London, along with representatives from national laboratories and industry, and advisory input from technical committees featuring fellows of the American Physical Society and members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Outreach activities include workshops hosted at venues such as MIT, Harvard University, and Stanford University, summer schools modeled after programs at CERN and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and internships bridging graduate programs at Princeton University and UC Berkeley with industry placements at IBM and Intel Corporation. Public engagement involves exhibitions in science museums like the Science Museum (London) and the Boston Museum of Science, and participation in policy forums hosted by the World Economic Forum and the Royal Society.
Category:Research consortia Category:Two-dimensional materials