CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Laboratoire d’Immunopathologie et Chimie Thérapeutique, Strasbourg 67000

(Ref: R. Kurapati, A. Bianco et al. Dispersibility-Dependent Biodegradation of Graphene Oxide by Myeloperoxidase. Small, 2015 10.1002/smll.201500038).

Chemistry by CSIR/UGC, India in 2007.

Aalto University, Department of Micro and Nanosciences, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland

Chemical vapor deposited (CVD) molybdenum disulphide (MoS₂) flakes are studied by Raman, photoluminescence and multiphoton microscopies. We use simultaneous second- and third-harmonic generation imaging methods to study the crystal orientations and the grain boundaries of CVD grown MoS₂ flakes We show that grain boundaries with large mis-orientations in the crystal structure are clearly observable with Raman, photoluminescence and second-harmonic generation imaging methods. However, these methods have difficulties in distinguishing grain boundaries without mis-orientation or with a small mis-orientation in the crystal structure. In addition to that, we show that third-harmonic generation imaging is very sensitive for the grain boundaries regardless of the crystal mis-orientation. Our multiphoton imaging results demonstrate that third-harmonic generation imaging is a much faster technique than Raman mapping with better sensitivity compared to the photoluminescence mapping and second-harmonic generation imaging methods, and therefore more suitable for high-volume and large-size sample characterization.

Physics Research Group, Thales Research & Technology, Palaiseau, France

High frequency signals are more and more carried over optical fibers that exhibit electromagnetic immunity, low propagation losses, very large bandwidth. Optical telecom fibers operate at 1.55 µm and optic to electric conversion is performed with InGaAs semiconductors. Graphene, thanks to its remarkable energy band structure, operate also at 1.55 µm and can be easily integrated on silicon photonic-electronic platform. Moreover the very high mobility of charge carriers in graphene should allow fabricating very high frequency optoelectronic devices.

We have demonstrated high frequency (up to 30 GHz) electro-optic mixers based on graphene. A graphene film obtained by chemical vapor deposition was transferred on a Si/SiO₂ substrate. Then a graphene based coplanar waveguide was fabricated and generic photomixing functions were demonstrated. Indeed, coupling an optically carried signal at frequency f1with an electrical signal at frequency f2 (both f1 and/or f2 up to 30GHz) provides frequency up and down conversion, i.e. generate signals at frequencies f1+f2 and f1-f2. This device is an essential block for future wide bandwidth graphene based telecom low cost modules.

Jean-Paul Mazellier is currently Research Engineer in the Micro & Nano Physics Laborarty from Physics Research Group of Thales Research & Technology. Thales activity domain is aerospace, space, ground transportation, defence and security (61.000 employees, present in 56 countries). Jean-Paul Mazellier research domain covers carbon based nanomaterials from carbon nanotubes for field emission devices, nanodiamond for chemistry and biology domains, and graphene for high frequency opto-electronics. He received his B.S. degree in Physics from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6, 2006) and an Engineer diploma from Ecole Centrale Paris (2006). He received a Ph.D. in microelectronics engineering (2009) from Institut National Polytechnique Grenoble where he studied the electrical and thermal properties of nanodiamond as well as its integration in advanced microelectronics devices.  He worked as research engineer in the R&D section of Electricité de France (EDF, European leader in energy production and providing) studying reliability of electronics components for nuclear plants control. He joined Thales Research & Technology by end of year 2011. His awards include a best Ph.D. student work from Institut National Polytechnique Grenoble (2010).

Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY

 

Despite the great excitements that 2D materials have brought in the past decade, there still are various practical limitations to overcome, while more commercially viable applications need to be identified.  Among such two-dimensional (2D) materials, graphene, the first 2D material discovered, has received the most attention in science/engineering communities owing to its unique physics as well as high commercial potentials.  This talk will discuss a few different approaches to utilize graphene for commercial applications.  In detail, 1) reinforced composite for medical application, 2) graphene metallization, 3) force sensing, 4) incandescent light emission, and 5) RF signal processing will be discussed.  Finally, ongoing efforts on integrating graphene nano-electro-mechanical systems (GNEMS) with conventional CMOS technology, where the benefits of mature CMOS and emerging GNEMS can complement one another, will be presented.

Sunwoo Lee is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Columbia University.  His primarily interest lies in developing electro-mechanical systems based on atomically thin materials such as graphene for signal processing. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University (2010) and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering (2012) from Columbia University.  In addition, he worked on high quality CVD graphene for spintronics applications at Spintronics and Photovoltaic Division in IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY in the summer of 2013, and also worked on design and evaluation of next generation MEMS gyroscopes at Product Engineering Division in Analog Devices, Inc., Wilmington, MA in the summer of 2014.  He is a two-time winner of the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) – for ‘CMOS Compatible Graphene Nanoelectromechanical Systems for Next Generation RF Design’ in 2012 and ‘Graphene Resonator Based Mixer-First Receiver on CMOS for Digitally Controlled and Widely Tunable RF Interface’ in 2013.