Azaacene-based Surfactants for the Preparation of Nanocarbon Blends for Large-area Electronics (NanoBlends)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Aurelio Mateo-Alonso
• Co-Applicant: Professor Dr. Thomas Pichler
• Subject Area: Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: from 2012 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 214808680

The overall aim of Nano Blends is to develop a new family of surfactants for the preparation of single walled carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene (GP) dispersions for large-area low-cost electronic applications and to explore in depth and in a broad context both fundamental and applied aspects of the supramolecular interactions of such surfactants with CNT and GP. We aim at gaining a solid and detailed understanding of the principles of the adsorption of surfactants into graphitic surfaces and in particular at obtaining a deep knowledge about factors that rule the dispersion and sorting of nanocarbons. Eventually this will lead to new technologies and the commercialization of a new generation of nanocarbon-based electronic andoptoelectronic devices.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Austria, Spain
• Major Instrumentation: Microwave Reactor
• Instrumentation Group: 1160 Synthese-Apparaturen der Biochemie