Graphene Materials: Fundamentals and Emerging Applications brings
together innovative methodologies with research and development
strategies to provide a detailed state-of-the-art overview of the
processing, properties, and technology developments of graphene
materials and their wide-ranging applications. The applications areas
covered are biosensing, energy storage, environmental monitoring, and
health.
The book discusses the various methods that have been developed for the
preparation and functionalization of single-layered graphene nanosheets.
These form the essential building blocks for the bottom-up architecture
of various graphene materials because they possess unique
physico-chemical properties such as large surface areas, good
conductivity and mechanical strength, high thermal stability and
desirable flexibility. The electronic behavior in graphene, such as
dirac fermions obtained due to the interaction with the ions of the
lattice, has led to the discovery of novel miracles like Klein tunneling
in carbon-based solid state systems and the so-called half-integer
quantum Hall effect. The combination of these properties makes graphene
a highly desirable material for applications.
In particular, Graphene Materials: Fundamentals and Emerging
Applications has chapters covering:
- Graphene and related two-dimensional nanomaterials
- Surface functionalization of graphene
- Functional three-dimensional graphene networks
- Covalent graphene-polymer nanocomposites
- Magnesium matrix composites reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets
- Graphene derivatives for energy storage
- Graphene nanocomposite for high performance supercapacitors
- Graphene nanocomposite-based bulk hetro-junction solar cells
- Graphene bimetallic nanocatalysts foam for energy storage and
biosensing
- Graphene nanocomposites-based for electrochemical sensors
- Graphene electrodes for health and environmental monitoring
