ANM 2010

ANM 2010
3^rd International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials
12-15 September 2010 - Agadir, Morocco

Abstract

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	GRAPHENE AND GRAPHENE-BASED HYBRID MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
	Manoj Singh
	Nanotechnology Research Division, Centre of Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA), University of AVeiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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	Graphene is considered as a promising electronic material in post silicon electronics. Due to the unusual physical and electronic properties, as well as excellent charge-carrier mobility, graphene quickly grabbed the attention of physicists and engineers, bringing a hope that one day it will compete with silicon to be the material of next generations for certain applications in the electronics industries. It is believed that the graphene based nanodevices can be easily extended to large-scale integration (in contrast to carbon nanotube electronics) and can rank among the most important achievements in nanoelectronics, possibly outweighing other alternatives such as molecular and nanotube electronics. However, the process has inherent disadvantages in terms of yield and throughput. An effective approach in this regard was based on chemical exfoliation of graphite to graphene oxide (GO). The resultant material consists of graphene-derived sheets and is heavily oxygenated with hydroxyl, carbonyl and carboxylic functional groups. Thus, the hydrophilic GO sheets can remain as highly stable aqueous dispersions. Due to the presence of oxygen-containing functional groups provides potential advantages to GO for numerous applications in the field of nanocomposites, Biosensors, and Drug Delivery. In this regard, this communication discuss the production and atomic resolution imaging of graphene, graphene oxide and graphene based hybrid material for example decoration with metal NPs (Ag/or Au) and polymer grafting. Graphene could potentially display not only the unique properties of Au/ or Ag, but also additional novel properties due to interaction between the Au/ or Ag NPs and the graphene. Many exciting applications can be envisioned from these novel hybrid nanostructures for potential applications such as biosensors, controlled drug delivery, chemical sensors, nanoelectronics, Photovoltaic cells, fuel cells, Catalysts.