Physics and Chemistry of Graphene (Second Edition)

Physics and Chemistry of Graphene (Second Edition)

Graphene to Nanographene

edited by Toshiaki Enoki and Tsuneya Ando

“Graphenes define one of the hottest topics in current materials science. This book comprehensively covers graphenes, addressing a broad range of physics- and chemistry-related aspects. This in itself is remarkable because so far books on graphene have mostly been restricted to the physical aspects. However, there is an alternative approach which originates from chemistry. Regarding graphene as a two-dimensional conjugated polymer, it can be described as resulting from the extension of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to infinite size. What chemistry can bring to the graphene research is its expertise in materials' synthesis. Important criteria which come to mind here are structural perfection, reproducibility, and the efficiency of the fabrication process at different length scales of the products. Further, understanding graphene on the basis of chemistry provides information on what physics cannot cover, particularly on graphene nanostructures. Currently graphene nanostructures have attracted much attention in their own right as active components of electronic and spintronic devices, charge storage materials for batteries, platforms for sensing or catalysts for oxygen reduction in fuel cells. Clearly, for these fields, the bottom-up approach of chemistry is indispensable, and it is hard to think of robust graphene-based technologies without an impact from chemistry. This 2nd Edition adequately covers current issues together with hot topics in graphene research since the publication of the 1st Edition in 2013. The book plays a dual role: as a rich source of knowledge for graphene chemistry and as an introduction to graphene physics with an emphasis on reliable structure–property relations. Both the newcomer and the expert will find it extremely valuable.”

Dr. Klaus Müllen, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9789814800389
  • Subject: Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
  • Published: September 2019
  • Pages: 450