Graphene-based materials: Chemical physics approaches for large-scale production

by Dr Andrea Liscio (Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC-CNR))

Monday 20 Feb 2017, 14:00 → 16:00 Europe/Rome

Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi)

Graphene has attracted tremendous research interest and hype in recent years. But what is, exactly, graphene? Graphene is often incorrectly used to describe a crowed class of materials having a wide spread of chemical-physical characteristics which can completely differ from those of the suspended single-layer graphene. We will introduce the most common graphene-based materials (i.e. graphene oxide) focusing to the issues related to the large-scale production with well-controlled morphological properties. In particular, we will discuss the open issues and the need to develop new physical and statistical tools (i.e. approaches, standards and protocols) to quantitatively describe related 2D materials and composites. We will discuss the possible applications with a particular focus on how their “physico-chemical’’ properties can be exploited to develop original science, innovative materials and new technological applications.