Responsibles: Klaus Leifer, Hu Li, YuanYuan Han
Graphene, a single layer of carbon with hexagonal lattice, is a fantastic material due to its extraordinary properties, such as highest strength, highest electron mobility, ultra-strong adhesion, etc. In ELMIN group, we are interested in the defect engineering on graphene structure as well as enhancement of various properties and functionalization. Current projects are mainly:
- Improved gas sensing property of graphene gas sensor based on defect engineering of graphene structure
- Graphene Hall effect measurement
- Quantitative mechanical mapping of defective graphene by using Peakforce QNM
- Synthesis of graphene nanoscrolls and following property characterization
- Local fluorination of graphene induced by focused ion beam irradiation
- Graphene hydrogenation and silylation by utilizing photochemistry methods
- Graphene surface functionalization by polymer chemistry and TEM structure imaging