Graphene Research Centre

Graphene Research Centre (GRC)File:GrapheneResearchCentreLogo.png

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Type| Research institute
Established| 2010
Director| Antonio Castro Neto
Location|

Singapore

Singapore

Affiliation| National University of Singapore
Website| graphene.nus.edu.sg

The Graphene Research Centre (GRC), at the National University of Singapore (NUS), is the first centre in Asia dedicated to graphene research.[1] The Centre was established under the scientific advice of two Nobel Laureates in physics – Prof Andre Geim and Prof Konstantin Novoselov \- who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene.[2] It was created for the conception, characterization, theoretical modeling, and development of transformative technologies based on two-dimensional crystals, such as graphene.[3]

## History and funding

NUS established the GRC in 2010, under the leadership of Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto, with a start-up fund from NUS of S$40 Million, 1,000 m2 of laboratory space,[4] and a state-of-the-art clean room facility of 800 m2.[5] Speaking of commercial application today scientists are using graphene for making synthetic blood and developing non-invasive treatments for cancer. Graphene would soon replace silicon in your computer chips thus resulting in a much faster, unbreakable tablets, phone and others;[6] GRC is also participating on a S$50 Million CREATE grant from NRF, together with University of California, Berkeley and Nanyang Technological University, for the study of new photovoltaic systems based on two-dimensional crystals. In June 2012, the GRC announced the opening of a S$15 Million micro and nano fabrication facility to produce graphene products.[7]

## Research

The target areas of intervention of the NUS Graphene Research Centre are [8]

* Atomically thin, wafer size, crystal growth, and characterization: Raman, AFM, TEM, STM, magneto transport, angle resolved photoemission (ARPES), optics.
* Flexible electronics and strain engineering of atomically thin materials.
* Mechanics of atomically thin film transfer.
* Nano-scale patterning and new device development.
* Three-dimensional architectures based on atomically thin films (atomic multi-layers, see figure).
* Composite materials where accumulated stress could be monitored by contactless, non-invasive, optical methods.
* Spintronics and valleytronics in two-dimensional materials.
* Atomically thin electrodes for photovoltaic or OLED applications.
* Atomically thin gas barriers and electrodes for energy/charge transfer and storage (water splitting, fuel cells, etc.).
* Solution-processed atomically thin substrates for bio applications and catalysis.
* Atomically thin films as optical components in fiber lasers (mode locking, polarizers etc.).
* Atomically thin film platforms for bio-sensing and stem cell growth.
* Atomically thin film platforms for sol-gel, organic, and electro-chemistry.
* Graphene-ferroelectric memories (G-FeRAM), graphene spin torque transistors (G-STT).
* Computational modeling of new atomically thin materials and complex architectures.

## References

1. ↑ "National University of Singapore". NUS. Archived from the original on 2013-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20130905183237/http://www.nus.edu.sg/annualreport/2012/research_p2.html. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
2. ↑ "The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. 2010-10-05. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2010/press.html. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
3. ↑ "The NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. http://graphene.nus.edu.sg/content/graphene-centre. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
4. ↑ "Laboratories | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. http://graphene.nus.edu.sg/content/laboratories. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
5. ↑ "Clean Room | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. http://graphene.nus.edu.sg/content/clean-room. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
6. ↑ [1][|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
7. ↑ "Channel NewsAsia". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1207154/1/.html. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
8. ↑ "Research | Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre". Graphene.nus.edu.sg. http://graphene.nus.edu.sg/content/research. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

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