Since 2D materials have excellent surface to volume ratios, their properties are greatly motivated by surface functionalization and local environment. Subsequently, molecular engineering hold potential promise in expanding the applications and properties of 2D material. In this research project, our group aims in exploring various ways of engineering properties of 2D materials like chemical functionalization, heteroatom adsorption and designing heterostructures For instance, in one of our studies we have engineered the band gap of graphene and CNTs by surface functionalization by fluorine. In another study, we have investigated the impact of efects like bending and twisting of graphene on its spin transport properties. The group also aims to study heterostructures of different 2D materials like MXenes and graphene in energy storage aplications for enhancing storage capacity and charging rates of ion batteries.

Selected Publications:

1. Sunita Saharan, Umesh Ghanekar and Shweta Meena, “Two Dimensional MXenes for Energy Storage: Computational and Experimental Approaches”, ChemistrySelect, vol. 7, no. 48, p.e202203288, 2022.

2. Anil K. Singh, Sudhanshu Choudhary and Shweta Meena, “Study of Effect of Bended Graphene on its Magnetoresistance and Spin Filtration”, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, vol. 31, pp. 2753-2758, 2018.

3. Shweta Meena and Sudhanshu Choudhary, “Tuning the tunneling magnetoresistance by using fluorinated graphene in graphene based magnetic junctions”, AIP Advances, vol. 7, p. 125008, 2017.