Prof. Rolf Mühlhaupt: "From Graphite to Functionalized Graphenes and Advanced Materials"

Professor Rolf Mühlhaupt
Senior Fellow of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

From Graphite to Functionalized Graphenes and Advanced Materials

Functionalized graphenes represent a very versatile family of 2D carbon nano mate-rials with applications ranging from catalysis to novel advanced functional and struc-tural materials which are tailored to meet the highly diversified demands of modern technologies. The incorporation of graphenes into a polymer matrix affords new ma-terials with improved mechanical and electrical properties. These functionalized graphenes offer unique opportunities for modern polymeric ma-terials, surface coatings, 2D/3D printing, energy storage and conversion technolo-gies, bio responsive surfaces, sensors, actuators, and smart materials. This presen-tation will give an overview on carbon-based nanomaterials and their application in macromolecular sciences and engineering.