В свободном доступе мартовский номер журнала Materials Today, посвященный графену "Graphene+"
Reviews
Graphene: synthesis and applications Phaedon Avouris and Christos Dimitrakopoulos
Graphene is truly the material of the moment, attracting enormous attention in the scientific community as well as the popular media. Because of its unique properties, hopes are high that it will lead to technological applications in many areas. Avouris and Dimitrakopoulos discuss the relevant material properties and device physics, as well as
synthesis techniques.
Defects and impurities in graphene-like materials Paulo T. Araujo, Mauricio Terrones, and Mildred S. Dresselhaus
Graphene-like materials may find use in the fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices, gas sensors, biosensors, and batteries for energy storage. Since it is almost impossible to work with defect-free or impurity-free materials, it is essential to understand how defects and impurities alter the electronic and vibrational properties of these systems. Dresselhaus and colleagues discuss these issues and provide an overview of the current characterization tools able to identify and detect defects in different forms of graphene.
Epitaxially grown metal-organic frameworks Hartmut Gliemann and Christof Wöll
The functionalization of inorganic and organic surfaces is becoming a key issue in a vast number of technical applications. Gliemann and Wöll look at routes for surface functionalization via the coating of substrates with ordered, highly-porous, self-assembling layers of metal organic frameworks.
Current Research
Directed nanoparticle reduction on graphene Renu Pasricha, Shweta Gupta, Amish G. Joshi, Nupur Bahadur, D. Haranath, Kedar N. Sood, Sukhvir Singh, and Sandeep Singh
Graphene’s appeal ranges from the physical to the chemical to the biological. When combined with a complementary material, the result can be a structure with enhanced catalytic activity, novel optoelectronic properties, or antimicrobial properties. Pa sricha et al. present a simple, green, room temperature mechanism for the UV assisted synthesis of graphene and the simultaneous formation of graphene-metal complexes.
