This project is based on the application of layer-by-layer (LbL) technology for the development of a versatile and generic procedure for the fabrication of hybrid devices involving graphene and materials of a different nature such as polymeric, organic, and inorganic entities. The project aims to achieve the organization and integration of graphene sheets with heterogeneous components of different sizes and compositions into higher level structures/assemblies and devices. Components include polymer molecules, magnetic nanoparticles, nanorods and quantum dots.
The development of new design principles and methods to control tunable dimension at the nanoscale, structure and property complexity of graphene. The project aims to integrate, graphene, with inorganic particles and polymeric and organic species to develop building blocks for assembly and to understand the principles underlying their interaction. The projects aims to integrate graphene assemblies into anticorrosive coatings and devices for opto electronic applications and energy conversion