NANOCF · Tuning the properties of NanoCarbon with Fluorination
FP7 — People (Marie Curie Actions)
- Duration
- 2013-10-01 → 2017-09-30
- EU contribution
- €207,000
- Participants
- 7
- Scheme
- MC-IRSES
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Results in brief
Tuning the properties of NanoCarbon with Fluorination
The network NanoCF is designed to exploit the potential of fluorinated nanocarbon materials for applications in electronics, photonics, or biomedicine. A multidisciplinary approach will be applied ranging from fundamental research in chemistry and physics to studying the materials properties for technological innovation. The work is based on preparation, modification and characterization of the carbon nanotubes, graphene and few-layered graphite. This work is supplemented by very successful theoretical modelling. Methods for the restoration of a conducting layer on fluorinated graphite have been explored. Electronic properties have been studied using NEXAFS and direct electric measurements. From the NEXAFS measurements in conjunction with DFT calculations fluorination patterns have been proposed. Fluorination patterns resulting from different pathways of fluorination have been investigated. A surprising difference in the thin film behavior of fluorinated few-layer graphene and double-walled carbon nanotubes was found, where none of the thin film devices showed a characteristic field-effect. Various possibilities to generate sensors from the above mentioned materials have been investigated. Proof of principle has been shown for sensing NO2 and NH3.
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Project objective
Low-dimensional carbon structures such as graphene and carbon nanotubes have raised tremendous interest in recent years both from fundamental and technological perspectives. However, the tunability of the density of electronic states of graphene and carbon nanotubes remains a limiting factor for their implementation in modern nanotechnology. It has been recently shown that the energy bandgap of graphene-based materials can be tailored via chemical modification of the graphene surface, e.g. by fluorination. We focus our efforts on tuning the chemical and physical properties of nanocarbon materials using different fluorination techniques and varying the degree of fluorination. A multidisciplinary approach will be applied ranging from fundamental research in chemistry and physics to studying the materials properties for application in electronics, photonics, and biomedicine. It is anticipated that the final outcome of this project will be a novel nanocarbon-based material with specific advanced properties.
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Participants
- LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESDEN EV · DresdenCoordinatorGermany
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
- FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG · ErlangenGermany
- THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN · DublinIreland
- UNIVERSITAT WIEN · WienAustria
- UNIVERSITAT ZU KOLN · KolnGermany
- UNIVERSITE DE MONS · MonsBelgium
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