| AVS 62nd International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| 2D Materials Focus Topic | Friday Sessions |
| Session 2D+EM+IS+NS+PS+SP+SS-FrM |
| Session: | Surface Chemistry of 2D Materials: Functionalization, Membranes, Sensors |
| Presenter: | Paul Sheehan, Naval Research Laboratory |
| Authors: | P.E. Sheehan, Naval Research Laboratory S. Tsoi, Naval Research Laboratory S.C. Hernández, Naval Research Laboratory S.G. Walton, Naval Research Laboratory T.L. Reinecke, Naval Research Laboratory K.E. Whitener, Naval Research Laboratory J.T. Robinson, Naval Research Laboratory R. Stine, Nova Research |
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Graphene has many superlative properties that may be tailored for specific applications, or even enhanced, through chemical functionalization. Chemical functionalization dramatically changes almost every critical property of graphene, changing it from opaque to transparent, from diamagnetic to ferromagnetic, from electron rich or electron poor, from electrically conducting to insulating (and back again!). This extensive control suggests that chemically modified graphene may aid applications from flexible sensors to surface engineering. I will discuss how stacks of 2D materials can control the dominant surface forces—van der Waals,1 acid-base interactions, electrostatic interactions, etc.—and so surpass conventional methods of preparing surfaces with, for example, self-assembled monolayers. I will also briefly address goals as diverse as biosensing2 or sloughing off chemical warfare agents.3
1 ACS Nano, 2014, 8 (12), pp 12410–12417
2 BioTechniques, Vol. 57, No. 1, July 2014, pp. 21–30
3 ACS Nano. 2013 Jun 25;7(6):4746-55.