Graphene Research Centre
 GRC Logo | |
| Type | Research institute |
|---|---|
| Established | 2010 |
| Director | Antonio Castro Neto |
| Location | Singapore, Singapore |
| Affiliation | National University of Singapore |
| Website | graphene.nus.edu.sg |
The Graphene Research Centre (GRC), at the National University of Singapore (NUS), is the first centre in Asia dedicated to graphene research.[1] The Centre was established under the scientific advice of two Nobel Laureates in physics – Prof Andre Geim and Prof Konstantin Novoselov - who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene.[2] It was created for the conception, characterization, theoretical modeling, and development of transformative technologies based on two-dimensional crystals, such as graphene.[3]
History and funding
NUS established the GRC in 2010, under the leadership of Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto, with a start-up fund from NUS of S$40 Million, 1,000 m2 of laboratory space,[4] and a state-of-the-art clean room facility of 800 m2.[5] Speaking of commercial application today scientists are using graphene for making synthetic blood and developing non-invasive treatments for cancer. Graphene would soon replace silicon in your computer chips thus resulting in a much faster, unbreakable tablets, phone and others;[6] GRC is also participating on a S$50 Million CREATE grant from NRF, together with University of California, Berkeley and Nanyang Technological University, for the study of new photovoltaic systems based on two-dimensional crystals. In June 2012, the GRC announced the opening of a S$15 Million micro and nano fabrication facility to produce graphene products.[7]
Research
The target areas of intervention of the NUS Graphene Research Centre are [8]
- Atomically thin, wafer size, crystal growth, and characterization: Raman, AFM, TEM, STM, magneto transport, angle resolved photoemission (ARPES), optics.
- Flexible electronics and strain engineering of atomically thin materials.
- Mechanics of atomically thin film transfer.
- Nano-scale patterning and new device development.
- Three-dimensional architectures based on atomically thin films (atomic multi-layers, see figure).
- Composite materials where accumulated stress could be monitored by contactless, non-invasive, optical methods.
- Spintronics and valleytronics in two-dimensional materials.
- Atomically thin electrodes for photovoltaic or OLED applications.
- Atomically thin gas barriers and electrodes for energy/charge transfer and storage (water splitting, fuel cells, etc.).
- Solution-processed atomically thin substrates for bio applications and catalysis.
- Atomically thin films as optical components in fiber lasers (mode locking, polarizers etc.).
- Atomically thin film platforms for bio-sensing and stem cell growth.
- Atomically thin film platforms for sol-gel, organic, and electro-chemistry.
- Graphene-ferroelectric memories (G-FeRAM), graphene spin torque transistors (G-STT).
- Computational modeling of new atomically thin materials and complex architectures.
References
- ↑ "National University of Singapore". NUS. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "The NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "Laboratories | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "Clean Room | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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- ↑ "Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ "Research | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2015-08-12.