Anniversary Workshop

Science Gallery Trinity College Dublin

2nd August 2018

Invited Speakers

Andrea Ferrari (University of Cambridge)

Cinzia Casiraghi (University of Manchester)

Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University)

Vincenzo Palermo (Chalmers University)

Francesco Bonaccorso (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

Claudia Backes (University of Heidelberg)

Tawfique Hasan (University of Cambridge)

Felice Torrisi (University of Cambridge)

Alan Dalton (University of Sussex)

Yenny Hernández (Universidad de los Andes)

Organisers

Prof Jonathan Coleman

Prof Valeria Nicolosi

Registration

No registration fee.

Register your attendance

by emailing Jesus Barco Montero

barcomoj@tcd.ie

Introduction

In August 2008, we published a paper in Nature Nanotechnology describing a new method to

produce defect-free graphene nanosheets in liquids. Dubbed liquid phase exfoliation (LPE), this

method used ultrasonic energy to separate few-layer graphene nanosheets from their parent

crystal in certain stabilising solvents. We showed that the resultant dispersions could be used for

further study or processed into functional structures. Little did we know how far this curiosity-

driven, side project would go over the subsequent decade.

Since those humble beginnings, LPE has been

extended beyond graphene to produce

nanosheets from a host of layered compounds

including MoS2, BN, MoO3, Ni(OH)2,

phosphorene and many other 2D materials.

Exfoliation techniques have been expanded to

new, more scalable processes, notably using

industrial high shear mixing techniques. A key

element to the success of LPE has been that

working in liquids allows researchers to apply an

array of processing technologies to modify,

select and dispense the nanosheets. For

example, while in the early days, films were

prepared by vacuum filtration, we can now

fabricate patterned structures using advanced

printing technologies with near-micron precision. These developments have led to breakthroughs

in a number of applications areas, notably composites, energy storage devices and electronics.

At this point, it is worthwhile pausing to take stock of what LPE has achieved, where it is today

and how best it can be developed into the future. To achieve this, we are organising a

10th anniversary one day workshop to be held in Trinity College Dublin on the 2nd of August 2018.

We would very much like to see you there!

Prof Jonathan N. Coleman & Prof Valeria Nicolosi

Workshop Information

Poster boards will be provided for attendees to present their research during the lunch/coffee

breaks. No abstracts are necessary.

Location Contact Jesus Barco Montero, barcomoj@tcd.ie

Carol McCaffrey, mccaffca@tcd.ie

2D Nanomaterials

Science Gallery

Trinity College Dublin

College Green

Dublin 2

Ireland