Nanotechnology with graphene, nanotubes and diamond-like carbon
Event details
| Date | 23.03.2012 |
| Hour | 13:15 › 14:15 |
| Speaker | Andrea C. Ferrari |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Carbon based materials play a major role in today's science and technology. Carbon is a very versatile element, which can crystallise in the form of diamond or graphite. Great excitement has followed the discovery of new forms of carbon, including fullerenes, nanotubes and single layer graphene. This fuels the enormous amount of research in the ever-growing field of nanotechnology. In recent years, there have been continuous important advances in the science of carbon such as chemical vapour deposition of diamond, the discovery of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, and the production of isolated single layer graphene. There are also many non-crystalline carbons, known as amorphous carbons and nanostructured carbons (mixture of amorphous and graphitic carbon, nanotubes and fullerenes). Diamond-like carbons play an important role, being a key element in numerous everyday-life applications, in the information technology, telecommunications and automotive market. Their great versatility arises from the strong dependence of the physical properties on the ratio of sp2 (graphite-like) to sp3 (diamond-like) bonds. Here I will review the main deposition methods, characterisation techniques and applications of graphene, nanotubes and diamond-like carbons.
Andrea C. Ferrari earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Cambridge University, after a Laurea in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is the head of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy group at the Department of Engineering and Nanoscience Centre of Cambridge University. He is a Professor of Nanotechnology, a Royal Society Wofson Research Merit Award Holder, and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His research interests include nanomaterials growth, modelling, characterization, and devices. In particular, he focuses on graphene, nanotubes, diamond-like carbon, and nanowires for applications in electronics and photonics. He has published over 230 papers and given over 200 invited, keynote, plenary presentations to international conferences. He has over 16000 citations to his papers and H index 53.
Andrea C. Ferrari earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Cambridge University, after a Laurea in nuclear engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is the head of the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy group at the Department of Engineering and Nanoscience Centre of Cambridge University. He is a Professor of Nanotechnology, a Royal Society Wofson Research Merit Award Holder, and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His research interests include nanomaterials growth, modelling, characterization, and devices. In particular, he focuses on graphene, nanotubes, diamond-like carbon, and nanowires for applications in electronics and photonics. He has published over 230 papers and given over 200 invited, keynote, plenary presentations to international conferences. He has over 16000 citations to his papers and H index 53.
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- Institut de Microtechnique
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- Stéphanie Lacour
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