As part of the ISABEL project, the University of Warsaw hosted a workshop on two-dimensional (2D) materials from 24 to 26 October, 2022. After two years of mainly virtual training activities, this in-person event was a unique opportunity to meet researchers who are leading studies in the field of materials research. The diverse program included talks on van der Waals materials and heterostructures with a special emphasis on magnetic layered materials, which have recently drawn the attention of researchers. The workshop was attended by nearly 100 participants and included talks by 29 invited speakers from 7 European countries. There were as well 18 posters on display presented by young researchers from Poland. For the full list of invited speakers, please see: http://2dmaterials.fuw.edu.pl/
The workshop provided an update on research conducted in Europe on 2D materials including the recent advancement of groups studying their properties in high magnetic fields. The workshop was an opportunity for the Polish community of high magnetic field users involved in studies of 2D materials to exchange their experiences and present their scientific results. In particular, it was possible to learn about the results of recent experiments done at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw within the new scheme of “double access” at the European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL) facilities. The workshop was also a major event of the “2D Materials” International Research Project supported by CNRS, which combines the efforts of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Grenoble (France), the Institut Europeen des Membranes in Montpellier (France), the University of Warsaw (Poland), and Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland). The lectures presented by the participants summarized the current status of Polish-French partnerships and revealed new avenues of scientific collaboration. Finally, we are pleased to acknowledge that the workshop was supported by the European Union (ISABEL-project no 871106) and the Ministry of Education and Science in Poland (grant no. DIR/WK/2018/07) that also supports the Polish participation in the EMFL.
