Graphene & 2D-Materials

Mass Production of Graphene and Magnetic Nanoparticle in Arc Discharge Plasma and their Potential Biological Applications

Fang X., The George Washington University, US

Nowadays, mass production of high quality Graphene Platelet Networks (GPNs) and Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNs) are highly requested due to their wide range of applications such as flexible electronics, high-frequency transistors, energy storage, and biomedical applications. [...]

From Self-assembled Brominated Diphenylacetylene Molecules to On-surface Organic Nanowires

Sedona F., Seyyed Fakhrabadi M.M., Sambi M., Università Degli Studi di Padova, IT

Fabrication of nanomaterials is one of the pivotal challenges that researchers endeavor to find novel techniques for them. Due to the inherent and practical limitations of top-down techniques frequently applied to fabricate nanosystems, scientists try [...]

Design and Simulation on Nanoelectromechanical bi-layer Graphene Nanoribbon Device with Graphene Nanoflake Shuttle

Kwon O-K., Kang J-W, Lee J-H., Semyung University, KR

Nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches are similar to conventional semiconductor switches in that they can be used as relays, transistors, logic devices and sensors, and they are promising devices for use in mechanical computing, data storage, and [...]

Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide and Their Water Purification Properties

Baruah B., Baruah S., Kohler G., Baruah B., Baruah S., Kennesaw State University, US

In this study, we synthesized graphene oxide (GO) from graphite with slight modification of literature method. We have deposited purified GO on pure sand to generate GO@sand composite. The GO@sand composite was further reduced chemically [...]

Carbon Nanotubes on Graphene – Interfacial and Electrical Properties

Senegor R., Adesida A., Zhou C., Vyas A.A., Wang P., Yang C.Y., Santa Clara University, US

Continuous downward scaling in silicon integrated circuit technology into the sub-20 nm regime has created critical challenges in chip manufacturing, among them, reliability and performance of on-chip interconnects [1]. Current interconnect materials, Cu and W, [...]

Vertically Aligned Graphene sheets Based Coatings as Nano-micro-structured Electrodes for Enhanced Performance of Supercapacitors

Jang G.G., Keum J.K., Song B., Li L., Hensley D.K., Jiang Y., Hunt A., Moon K-S, Wong C.P., Hu M.Z., Hunt A., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US

This work develops a molecular engineering approach to control the interspacing of graphene sheets and then an external field approach to induce the re-orientation of the graphene sheets during the deposition process to form a [...]

Graphene Oxide/Vinyl Ester Resin Nanocomposite: Effect of Graphene Oxide, Thermal Stability, and Modeling of the Curing Kinetics”

Arabli V., Aghili A., National Iranian Oil Company, IR

Graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized and nanocomposites were prepared using different contents of the GO and vinyl ester resin (VE). The onisothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to study the cure kinetics of VE [...]

Mechanical and Dielectric Properties of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes Modified Graphene Oxide/Polyimide Nanocomposites

Ma C.-C.M., Liao W-H, Hsiao S-T, Wang Y-S, Li S-M, Liao W-H, Lin S-C, Lin S-C, National Tsing Hua University, TW

An effective method is proposed to prepare octa(aminophenyl) silsesquioxane (OAPS) functionalized graphene oxide (GO) reinforced polyimide (PI) composites with a low dielectric constant and ultra-high mechanical properties. The amine-functionalized surface of OAPS-GO is a versatile [...]

Strong, controllable, robust, and scalable graphene n-doping for optoelectronic and micro/nano-electronic applications

Folkson J., Ashraf A., Eisaman M.D., Stony Brook University(SBU)/Brookhaven National Lab(BNL), US

Graphene holds promise for many applications such as microelectronics, optoelectronics, and energy storage due to its outstanding properties. The realization of these applications, however, requires tailoring graphene’s electronic properties via controlled doping (addition or removal [...]