Search results for "Phene"

Electrical measurements of femtosecond laser treated graphene

2017

Tutkielman pääasiallinen tavoite oli valmistaa sähköisiin mittauksiin sopivia grafeenilaitteita ja tutkia femtosekuntilaserkäsittelyn vaikutusta grafeenin sähköisiin ominaisuuksiin. Tutkielmassa käsitellään grafeenin valmistamista kemiallisella kaasufaasipinnoituksella, laitegeometrian määrittelyä ja käsittelemättömän, sekä femtosekuntilaserilla käsitellyn grafeenin sähköisiä mittauksia. Grafeenin synteesin alustana käytettiin kupariohutkalvoja ja pääasiallisena lähtöaineena oli etanoli tai metaani. Metaanin käyttö grafeenin synteesissä johti paremmin toistettaviin tuloksiin. Lisäksi havaittiin, että synteesissä käytetyn uunin latausjärjestelmän teräksinen osa lisäsi kupariohutkalvon reikii…

Topological properties of mono- and multilayer graphene, flat bands and surface superconductivity

2015

Tutustun Pro Gradu -työssäni topologisiin materiaaleihin ja perehdyn grafeenin sekä romboedrisen grafiitin ominaisuuksiin tästä näkökulmasta. Erityisesti tutkin grafeenin alihilasymmetrian rikkoutumisen vaikutuksia grafiitissa lisäämällä heilahtelevan potentiaalin α grafeenin tight-binding -malliin. Lasken romboedrisen grafiitin matalaenergiatilat tight-binding -mallista ja saan tulokseksi, että α avaa energia-aukon, mutta säilyttää vyön tasomaisen muodon, joka on saatu artikkelissa [16]. Tutkin työssäni myös heilahtelevan potentiaalin vaikutusta romboedrisen grafiitin suprajohtaviin pintatiloihin. Päätulokseni on, että heilahteleva potentiaali rikkoo grafiitin pintojen välisen symmetrian j…

Graphene films for gas sensing applications

2013

Gas detection at small concentrations is usually done using transition metal oxides. These semiconductors are, however, strongly dependent on parameters and conditions of growth and processing. Graphene attracts a big interest in science and technology due to its exceptional electric properties, and this truly 2-dimensional material has a great promise to be used as highly sensitive gas sensor. In this thesis, CVD and epitaxial graphene samples have been investigated in order to improve their sensitivity in gas sensing applications. The response of the sensor to different concentrations of detected gas was observed as a relative change of resistance of the sample. The aim of this study was …

Microwave gas sensor based on graphene aerogel for breath analysis

2022

Exhaled breath can be used for early detection and diagnosis of diseases, monitoring metabolic activity, and precision medicine. In this work, we design and simulate a microwave sensor in which thin graphene aerogels are integrated into rectangular microwave waveguides. Graphene aerogels are ideal sensing platforms for gases and volatile compounds as they combine extremely high surface-to-volume ratio and good electrical conductivity at RF and microwave frequencies. The latter is modified by exposure to different gases, and -when integrated into a waveguide- these changes result in significant shifts in transmission and reflection scattering parameters. We model the aerogel as a graphene gr…

Synthesis of a biocompatible aerogel based on graphene oxide and a modified polyethylene glycol

2016

The synthesis and self-assembly of a 3D aerogel built by graphene oxide (GO) and a modified polyethylene glycol (PEG) was achieved by a multi-step synthetic procedure, involving the preparation of an amino-terminated PEG (PEG-NH2) and the subsequent coupling with GO by carbodiimide in water, exploiting the carboxyl and epoxy moieties of GO and –NH2 terminations of the biopolymer. The resulting nanohybrid hydrogel was successively converted into an aerogel via dialysis plus freeze-drying [1] and fully characterized. FTIR, Raman, XPS, XRD and BET measurements were performed to confirm the successful modification for each reaction step, while morphological, mechanical and hemolytic tests were …

Graphene oxide and Fumed silica graphene oxide nanocomposites modification by thermal treatments

2014

In the present study we investigate post synthesis thermal treatments up to 400 °C of graphene oxide (GrO) prepared from commercial graphite and of GrO–silica nanocomposites prepared by a solution of commercial Fumed silica nanoparticles (average diameter 7 nm or 40 nm) and the GrO. The thermal treatments were carried out in air, vacuum or He atmosphere to highlight tunable changes. Two GrO batches with small differences in the D (~1350 cm–1) and G (~1580 cm–1) Raman bands have been employed to evaluate effects depending on preparation. Thermal effects have been monitored through the Raman spectroscopy focusing on D, G and 2D (2500–3500 cm–1) bands spectral ranges. The experiments evidenced…

IMPROVED STABILITY OF GRAPHENE OXIDE-SILICA NANOHYBRIDS AND RELATED POLYMER-BASED NANOCOMPOSITES

2014

Although its promising properties make the graphene oxide (GO) very interesting as filler for polymer matrices, some problems related to its thermal stability in the region which ranges from 80 to 200 °C, are crucial for the possibility to melt process GO together with practically all the polymers [1,2]. Moreover, above 100 °C GO lamellae were found to become stacked. In this work, two different ways to preserve the GO structure and ensure its dispersion within different polymer matrices have been investigated and schematized in Fig. 1. Exfoliation plays a key-role in the achievement of good mechanical properties since it preserves the GO from both stacking phenomena. The capability of sili…

Polyamide 6/Graphene Oxide Nanohybrids

2013

Facile and novel synthesis of Graphene oxide/Silica nanohybrids with tunable properties

2013

Gamma-Ray-Induced Structural Transformation of GQDs towards the Improvement of Their Optical Properties, Monitoring of Selected Toxic Compounds, and …

2022

Structural modification of different carbon-based nanomaterials is often necessary to improve their morphology and optical properties, particularly the incorporation of N-atoms in graphene quantum dots (GQDs). Here, a clean, simple, one-step, and eco-friendly method for N-doping of GQDs using gamma irradiation is reported. GQDs were irradiated in the presence of the different ethylenediamine (EDA) amounts (1 g, 5 g, and 10 g) and the highest % of N was detected in the presence of 10 g. N-doped GQDs emitted strong, blue photoluminescence (PL). Photoluminescence quantum yield was increased from 1.45, as obtained for non-irradiated dots, to 7.24% for those irradiated in the presence of 1 g of …