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M o n a s h C e n t r e f o r A t o m i c a l l y T h i n M a t e r i a l s

INNOVATIVE MATERIALS | TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY

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CENTRE OVERVIEW, 3 About Us, 4 Directors’ Message, 5 Management Team, 6 Advisory Committee, 7 Researchers, 9 Our Capabilities, 11

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATION, 31 MCATM Launch, 32 MCATM Public Lecture - Sir Novoselov, 33 MCATM in the Media, 34 Members in the News, 35 MCATM Visibility at Monash, 36 Our Online Presence, 37

RESEARCH SUPPORT & COLLABORATION, 14 Our Collaboration Network, 15 Support for DECRA Fellows, 16 Infrastructure Support, 18 Top-up scholarships, 19 MCATM Joint Publications, 22

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 26 Graphene Industry Engagement Event, 27 International Conference - RPGR2015, 28 MCATM Lecture Series - James Tour, 30

2Faculties: Science & Engineering

6Monash Schools and Departments

24High profile research groups

The Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials (MCATM) is the first centre of its kind in Australia. An international hub for research excellence in novel two-dimensional materials, this multidisciplinary centre brings together world-leading expertise from across Monash together with national and international partners and industries.

CENTRE OVERVIEW

MCATM puts Australia on the map as a world leader in atomically thin materials research and commercialisation.

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About us The Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials, a joint initiative between the Science and Engineering faculties at Monash University, is the first centre of its kind in Australia. An international hub for research excellence in novel two-dimensional (2D) materials, this multidisciplinary centre brings together world-leading expertise from across Monash together with national and international partners and industries.

Atomically thin materials – in particular graphene – are rapidly becoming some of the world’s most valued materials, offering enormous potential for industrial transformation across a diverse range of applications. From superior forms of energy storage and transparent electrodes for mobile phone displays to filtra-tion membranes used in water treatment and biomedical applications in tissue regeneration.There is a growing international interest in atomically thin materials, but until now, there is no such centre in Australia. Applications of atomically thin materials will require new processing techniques. Developing intellectual property here allows Australia to get into this

new industry. Centre Directors Professors Fuhrer and Li have established international reputa-tions in the field of atomically thin materials, and Monash has significant strength in this area, as well as closely related fields such as photovoltaics, water treatment, energy storage and biomedicine. This offers an opportunity for Monash to take the lead in atomically thin materials research in Australia.The establishment of MCATM also facili-tates state-of-the-art shared facilities for the processing and application of atomically thin materials for practical applications and transferring research outcomes to industry.

“MCATM offers a platform for researchers to gain a deeper understanding of how atomically thin materials integrate with each other or with other materials, to achieve engineering solutions and realise new applications.”

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Directors’ MessageThe vision of the Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials is to bring together world-leading researchers in atomically thin materials and related sciences and technologies to form an internationally recognised hub of excellence in atomically thin materials research. We are very pleased to look back on the progress we have made toward that vision in 2015, our inaugural year as a Centre.MCATM offers a unique multidisciplinary platform for researchers across a broad range of disciplines to collaborate and tackle the most significant scientific and technological problems in this frontier research field. It brings Monash researchers together to pursue collaborative grants and particularly larger initiatives, and provides an excellent vehicle to host the applica-tion of various ARC fellowships. In 2015, it has helped organise bids for a $35M ARC Centre of Excellence, now in the final round of competition with four MCATM members. 2015 has seen the success of one ARC Linkage project, 3 Discovery Projects, 2 Future Fellow-ships and multiple DECRAs from the Centre members.This is an exciting time as the science of atomically thin materials is being rapidly translated into industrial

products. MCATM has launched at the right time to capitalise on the explosion of interest in atomically thin materials, and operates as a nexus to connect Monash researchers with industry partners. Our first Industry Night held 27 August 2015 attracted more than 120 people, with many participants requesting follow-ups to find out more about MCATM capabilities. The event has fuelled several linkage project ideas, some of which have led to ARC Linkage and ITRH projects. MCATM has also formed an important international link to the Centre for Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials (CA2DM) at the National University of Singapore. MCATM and CA2DM have held two joint workshops to identify potential collaborative projects, already resulting in one successful ARC Discovery Project, and several projects under discussion.MCATM has raised the profile of atomically thin materials research at Monash across a number of media. The Centre organised and was a major sponsor of the Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials Research 2015 conference held in Lorne, Victoria. The conference attracted several high-profile keynote speakers, including Nobel Laureate Sir

Konstantin Novoselov, who also delivered a public lecture at Monash University.MCATM has provided support for 7 HDR students and 2 early-career researchers working in atomically thin materials through top-up scholarships, cash support for DECRA fellowships, and small equipment grants. MCATM has additionally supported 37 members to attend international conferences to present their research.The Centre has spearheaded new collaborative facili-ties for atomically thin materials research, including an electron beam lithography facility (now operational in New Horizons Centre) and a facility for electrochemical and thermal mapping via atomic force microscopy.2015 saw the appointment of MCATM’s dynamic and driven Centre Manager Dr. Tich-Lam Nguyen, who has been essential to the accomplishments of the Centre. We also thank our extraordinary research staff and students; our advisors; and our partners. Together we have established an excellent base for even greater accomplishments in 2016.

Michael Fuhrer & Dan Li

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Michael FuhrerDirectorProfessor Michael Fuhrer is a recognised leader in the field of atomically thin electronic materials, including graphene, topological insulator bismuth selenide, and two-dimensional semiconductors such as molybdenum disulphide. Professor Fuhrer is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Fellow of the American Physics Society, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His h-index is 44, and nine of his publications have been cited more than 500 times each.

Dan Lico-DirectorProfessor Dan Li’s current research interests are centred on synthesis and multi-scale characterisation of graphene-based soft materials and their applications in energy storage and conversion, nanofluidics, bionics and environmental protection. Professor Li is an ARC Future Fellow, former ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, and winner of the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year award in Engineering and Technology (2010). He is named in the list of Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers in the category of Materials Science in two consecutive years 2014 and 2015.

Tich-Lam NguyenResearch Centre ManagerDr. Tich-Lam Nguyen manages MCATM’s operations and development of research and industry partnerships. Tich-Lam is responsible for the Centre’s financial and operational effectiveness and the oversight of activi-ties contributing to the development of its strategic goals. She facilitates collaboration among multidisciplinary researchers within the Centre and its engagement with external partners. Tich-Lam holds a PhD in Chemistry from RMIT University and a Master of Management from the Melbourne Business School.

Management

We aim to foster collaborations and facilitate partnerships with international partners and industry. We also provide a highly multidisciplinary environment to train early career researchers and students.

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Advisory Committee

1Advises on the Centre’s direction and opportunities

2Reviews MCATM strategic plans

3Provides management recommendations

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Advisory Committee Members

DR. CLIVE DAVENPORTChairmanSmall Technologies Cluster

Dr. Davenport has extensive experience in high technology industry from managing research programs, developing commercial products, estab-lishing international markets, and taking start-up businesses to global success.He is a member of the Australian Government’s National Enabling Technologies Strategy (NETS) Council and Director Emeritus of MANCEF, the global organi-sation focused on acceler-ating the commercialisation and uptake of small-scale technologies.

PROF. GORDON WALLACEExecutive Research DirectorARC CoE for Electromaterials ScienceA Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Prof. Wallace’s research inter-ests include organic conduc-tors, nanomaterials and novel approaches to additive fabri-cation including 3D printing, fibre spinning, knitting and braiding.With more than 700 refereed publications, Prof. Wallace has attracted some 17,000 citations and has a h-index of 61. He has supervised 84 PhD students to comple-tion at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute.

TO BE APPOINTED

The third external Advisory Committee Member will be appointed June 2016.

PROF. MICHAEL FUHRERPROF. DAN LIMCATM Directors

PROF. CORAL WARRAssociate Dean of ResearchFaculty of Science

PROF. ANA DELETICAssociate Dean of ResearchFaculty of Engineering

MR. GREG REDDEN

Director Industry Engagement and CommercialFaculty of Science

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The nano-scale is remarkable because it bridges the spatial dimension of atoms and visible light. To achieve technologi-cal innovation at this level, it is imperative to understand how to precisely manipulate matter at this scale.

JACEK JASIENIAK

Our industry-focused research program on graphene combines 2D material synthesis & fundamen-tal studies of colloidal phases, flow behaviour, mico-/nano-fabrication in developing industrially-adaptable platform technologies for clean energy, chemical separations and lab-on-chip devices.

MAINAK MAJUMDER

Transparent electrode materials such as graphene play a key role in our development of dye-sensitised & perovskite solar cells and third generation photovoltaic concepts such as tandem solar cells and upconversion.

UDO BACH

Engineered graphene materials provide a golden opportunity to revive Australia’s manufacturing and mining industries.

DAN LI

Solar cells of the not-too-distant future will be cheap, flexible and available in colours to suit a range of homes. We are developing solar cells that can be printed, the same way as the Australian bank note is produced.

YI-BING CHENG

Our research focuses on measuring the interaction that 2D nanomaterials can experience to develop func-tional surfaces for controlled wetting and water purification applications.

RICO TABOR

Our work focuses on linear and non-linear optical prop-erties of graphene-related materials. We aim to put Monash at the forefront of graphene photonics research internationally.

QIAOLIANG BAO

Graphene is a promising candidate in our develop-ment of novel biomedical ‘scaffold’ materials that act as templates for tissue and nerve regeneration.

JOHN FORSYTHE

We study how novel atomically thin devices conduct electricity, with the aim of developing the low power computing devices of the future.

MICHAEL FUHRER

We employ computational tools to investigate the physics of nanoscale materials for optoelec-tronic and energy applications.

NIKHIL MEDHEKAR

We study fundamental aspects of energy and electron transfer in donor-acceptor systems, conjugated polymers and plasmonic nanocrystals at both the ensemble and single 2D as-sembly level.

ALISON FUNSTON

Two-dimensional materials are promising building blocks for filtration devices in water treatment applications and heterojunction photocataly-sis.

XIWANG ZHANG

MCATM Researchers

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We use our polymer engineering expertise to look at the interaction of atomically thin materials in polymer composites.

GEORGE SIMON

We aim to integrate our recently dis-covered soft 2D plasmonic nanoma-terials with atomically thin electronic materials into multifunctional nano sheets for applications in wearable electronics and smart chemical / biological sensing devices.

WENLONG CHENG

Graphene’s remarkable chem-ical inertness & impermeability for fluids and gases makes it an exceptional candidate for corrosion resistant material.

RAMAN SINGH

Information gathered on the electronic properties at the nanoscale enables us to know more about novel 2D materials that may one day replace conventional transistor technology.

MARK EDMONDS

The miniturisation of electro-mechanical devices will bring a revolution to humanity in the coming decades. The could deliver a myriad of applications in aerospace, automotive, defense and biomedical industries.

YU-LIN ZHONG

By incorporating carbon nano-materials in well cements, we can engineer multifunctional and smart nanostructures with self-sensing properties and greater strength & durability under extreme environments.

WENHUI DUAN

We use state-of-the-art widefield and confocal spec-trophotometers to discover fundamental photophysical properties of & understand how energy is transported in novel atomically thin materials.

TOBY BELL

My vision is to construct functional electronic de-vices at the atomic scale that can help us under-stand the limits of minitu-risation of next generation chip components.

BENT WEBER

The miniturisation of electro-mechanical devices will bring a revolution to humanity in the coming decades. The could deliver a myriad of applica-tions in aerospace, automo-tive, defense and biomedical industries.

ZHE LIU

We aim at engineering low-dimen-sional nanostructures with tailored electronic and optoelectronic properties, by means of atomically precise ‘bottom-up’ synthesis and supramolecular chemistry ap-proaches on surfaces.

AGUSTIN SCHIFFRIN

A better understanding of quantum systems could result in a new generation of quan-tum devices. One could use charge modulations or ‘stripes’ in 2D systems as a way of encoding information.

MEERA PARISH

Direct band gap semicon-ductors beyond graphene such as molybdenum disulphide are attractive for novel device applications in optoelectronics, valleytronics and spintronics.

CHANGXI ZHENG

MCATM Researchers

Our Capabilities

Left: A Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of the as-synthesised ultra-light, ultra-flexible & conductive graphene spongeMiddle: An Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image of exfoliated graphene imaged in non-contact modeRight: A schematic diagram illustrating ions flow through two graphene layers

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Left: MoS2 - based sensorMiddle: Graphene supercapacitorsRight: 2nm thin graphene membrane

Our Capabilities

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Left: Dr. Hellerstedt looks into the Scanning Tunneling MicroscopeMiddle: An AFM image of graphene film on sapphireRight: Dr. Edmonds controls parameters to synthesise transition metal dichalcogenide thin films

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2Research Grants to ARC DECRA Fellows

7Top up Scholarships to PhD Students

5Collaborative Grant Applications

7Single CI Grants Awarded

54Joint Research Publications

33Students Co-Supervised

RESEARCH SUPPORT & COLLABORATION

Foster collaborations among MCATM members and provide a highly multidisciplinary environment to train ECRs and HDR students.

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Note: Collaborations include student co-supervisions, co-authored publications and joint grants. Grey lines indicate inter-department collaborations among MCATM Members. Blue lines indicate intra-department collaborations.

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Research Support for ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Yu-Lin ZhongARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Yu-Lin Zhong completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining the Materials Science & Engineering department at Monash University, he was a research scientist at the Insti-tute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN, A-STAR) after three years of postdoctoral training at Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Dr. Zhong’s research focus is on developing novel physicochemical methods and chemistry to synthesise graphene/other 2D materials and their nanohybrids with synergistic properties. The MCATM research grant supports the development of electrochemically-derived graphene-based nanohybrids for next generation lithium ion batteries.

The electrochemical synthesis process is expected to be cost-effective and highly beneficial to the selective growth of crystal phase, which will facili-tate the electrochemical intercalation and extraction of lithium ions. Ultimately, tuning of the electronic structure of the graphene scaffold can be achieved by functionalisation or doping to influence the electrochemical activity of the cathode materials.

Schematic images of electrochemical expansion of graphite by Li+ in propylene carbonate and tetra-n-butyl-ammonium, Zhong, Y.-L., et. al. Curent Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2015, 20, 329-338.

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ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Changxi Zheng received his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from Monash University. Prior to joining the Civil Engineering department, he was a research fellow working with Prof. Michael Fuhrer on emerging 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).

Dr. Zheng’s research focus is developing novel 2D materials and their applications in composite materials for structural engineering. The MCATM research grant supports the development of in-plane graphene-(Mo,W)(S,Se)2 heterostucture complexes using a self-developed novel chemical vapour deposition technique.

The heterostructures can be applied to the devel-opment of novel 2D optoelectronics such as photodectors, solar cells and light emitting diodes.

This project will, for the first time, deliver the direct growth of in-plane heterostructure complexes. This is achieved by firstly, large scale CVD graphene are transferred on an ultraflat sapphire substrate, then, the graphene layer is patterned into periodic ribbons as electrodes and finally, monolayer MoS2 or WS2 are selectively grown between graphene ribbons using CVD.

Research Support for ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Changxi Zheng

Optical microscope images of atomic layers of exfo-liated MoS2, CVD WS2, exfoliated MoSe2, and exfoli-ated WSe2 samples. Scale bars are 5 μm except for the MoS2 panel.

Zheng, C., et. al. Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (4), 2526-2532.

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ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY FACILITY - CHEMISTRYMCATM co-funded the acquisition of a conductive Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and an electrochemical AFM to combine with the existing Bio-AFM system in the Soft Materials and Colloids Lab led by Dr. Rico Tabor. This upgrade allows the development of an advanced capability in nano-resolved conductivity electrical and thermal mapping for 2D nanomaterials.

The scanning thermal microscopy can map the local thermal conductivity of a thin film or inter-face, ideally suited to studies of the thermal properties of 2D nanomaterials.

This research platform offers a complementary technique to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy while allowing measurements to be made in liquid systems. This will enable understanding of a range of “wet” chemical processes such as:

• Ion conduction effects in electrode systems;• Surfaces for enhanced electro-coalescence in energy applications;• Interactions of nanomaterials with biological membranes.

This facilily has been beneficial to a range of projects including:

• New methods for 2D materials production, Dr. Dhanraj Shinde & A/Prof. Mainak Majumder• Adsorption and interfacial properties of 2D carbon nanomaterials, Thomas McCoy• Soft templating of 2D carbon nanomaterials for 3D structures, Matthew Pottage• Encapsulation and delivery using graphene oxide, Muthana Ali• Composite surface coatings from graphene oxide and celluloses, Ragesh Prathapan• Interaction of carbon nanomaterials with biomimetic membranes, Rajiv Thapa• Capture of metals from water using graphene oxide, Loughlin Turpin

Infrastructure Support 2D Materials Characterisation Platform

Images arising from the AFM facility:

Top: Pseudo-2D organic nanocrystals.Bottom left: Exfoliated graphene imaged in non-con-tact mode.Bottom right: Reduced graphene oxide with in situ grown silver nanoparticles.

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Magnetic nanoparticles on graphene oxide sheets: T. McCoy, et. al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 2124-2133

Top-Up ScholarshipsThomas McCoy

PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Rico Tabor

Understanding and controlling aqueous disper-sions of 2D carbon nanomaterials

The propensity for graphene oxide (GO) sheets to adsorb at interfaces such as the air-water or oil-water is well known. However unlike typical molecular surfactants, for which the self-assem-bly and interfacial properties are well described by existing thermodynamics, the adsorption of GO remains mostly undefined with behaviour seemingly unlike that of ‘classical’ molecular sur-factants leading to the formation of emulsions with extraordinary stability.

This project aims to create new models to de-scribe the behavior of these effectively 2-dimen-sional carbon sheets at interfaces so that a fun-damental understanding of the thermodynamics of GO as a stabiliser is gained. Such findings will provide new opportunities for the development of ‘smart’ colloidal materials, which may include emulsions with enhanced properties for the pur-poses of oil processing and energy storage.

To achieve these outcomes, the fundamental aspects of GO adsorption at interfaces will need to be addressed by examining the adsorption of GO at a model air-water and oil-water interface and determining the forces involved in droplet formation as well as the dynamics of the result-ing emulsion. The effects of particle size, oxida-tion state, pH, salt concentration, oil and surface history will be assessed in order to understand interfacial adsorption, kinetics and thermody-namics.

Jingying Liu

PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Qiaoliang Bao

Growth of hybrid nanomaterials and device applications

Meeting the growing global energy demand is one of the important challenges of the 21st century. Therefore, perovskite based solar cell with high efficiency up to 20% is urgently needed.

This project proposed to develop an alternative ap-proach, which could essentially lead to the mass pro-duction of cost-efficient solar panels based on perovskite solar cells. We will take advantage of the coupling be-tween perovskite and other two dimensional (2D) materi-als and combine their characteristics to develop a novel perovskite-based optical platform.

Recently, organic-based lead halide perovskites have received much attention for their high performance. They exhibit not only a high optical absorption coefficient and long electron/hole diffusion lengths, which are advanta-geous for solar cells, but also good optical and electrical transport properties, making them suitable for other op-to-electronic devices (FET, LED, photodetectors). How-ever, the generation of defects and grain boundaries in three-dimensional (3D) perovskite is unavoidable during the fabrication process, thereby reducing the quality of the film.

Hence, the synthesis of 2D lead halide hybrid perovskite and exploration of related applications in optoelectronics is of fundamental importance for improving the proper-ties of perovskite and the performance of perovskite-based devices.

2D perovskite for optoelectronics applications: J. Liu, et. al. ACS Nano 2016, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07791

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Top-Up ScholarshipsZiyu Wang

PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Qiaoliang Bao

Light-matter interactions in low-dimensional nano-materials

On the basis of unique crystalline structure, diverse electronic properties and extraordinary properties, low dimensional (1D and 2D) nanomaterials offer a great platform for investigate the interactions with electrons, photons and phonons.

Over last decade, 1D semiconductors have been successfully demonstrated to be effective building blocks in miniaturised optic and photonic applica-tions plus 2D materials such as graphene, Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and hBN promise to be next generation ultrathin and efficient electronic and photonic devices.

Hence, the main purpose of this proposal is to (1) use optical platforms to further explore the funda-mental understanding of the interactions between low dimensional emerging materials (such as-perovskite and TMDs) with photons and (2) further design the novel optoelectronic devices based on all above materials.

This project is multidisciplinary with extensive col-laboration among researchers in materials science, chemistry and physics.

Huiyuan Liu

PhD Candidate, supervised by A/Prof. Xiwang Zhang

Graphene-based membranes for gas separation

Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) have been used as building blocks to produce ultrathin and highly selective gas separation membranes with thicknesses as low as 1.8 nm. However, the per-meability to H2 of these extremely thin membranes was still at the same level as conventional microporous mem-branes due to stacked graphene layers.

In this regard, this project aims to increase the perme-ability of graphene-based membranes but without sacri-ficing the membrane selectivity by the growth of ultrathin Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) nanosheets into the graphene interlayers.

The key concept is to open the graphene interlayer transport channels for selected molecules by the inter-calation of highly porous MOF nanosheets. The pre-pared hybrid membrane is expected to benefit from the flexibility and robustness of the graphene platform and the high permeability of the interlayer MOF structure.

Freestanding graphene-based membranes. H. Liu, et. al. Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (2), 249-254

Cross section view of electrical field distribution in the perovskite-based EOM device, Z. Wang et. al. Na-noscale, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/ C5NR06262D

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Top-Up ScholarshipsSam Martin

PhD Candidate, supervised by A/Prof. Mainak Majumder

Iontronics using Graphene Oxide

The objectives of my project are to investigate the nanofluidics properties of graphene oxide and to leverage them to develop ion based electronic like components known as iontronics.

Due to the vast difference in mobilities between an electron in a metal and an ion in solution on surface value iontronics may not appear to have much to offer in terms of power or computing. However manipulation of chemical signals within an liquid through convective, electric and diffu-sive ‘forces’ is of enormous importance in nature, which in turn quite often is capable of outperform-ing man-made electronics.

This project utilises a ‘clean room free’ approach to thin film fabrication and characterise them to elucidate how one might go about designing bet-ter, simpler nanofluidics systems and iontronic components.

Chinmay Sonawane

PhD Candidate, supervised by Prof. Raman Singh & Dr. Santosh Panjikar (Australian Synchrotron)

Graphene for Sensor Applications

This project aims to take advantage of graphene’s conductivity properties and suitable functionali-sation for versatile sensor application. Thorough literature review has been initiated to identify the focused objective of the project.

It is planned that the functionalised graphene ox-ide (GO) exfoliates will be either produced by the modified Hummer’s method or purchased if those with suitable functionalities were available.

Incorporation of different functional groups includ-ing proteins onto GO and immobilisation will be characterised using several techniques, in partic-ular synchrotron radiation for interogation of pro-teins.

Yanming Liu

PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Changxi Zhang and Prof. Wenhui Duan

Unveiling 5 nm C-S-H nanostructures in pore so-lutions: a missing link from cement hydration to concrete engineering properties

Cement hydration contains various complex reac-tions and is essential to the study of the mechani-cal properties of cement and concrete. In order to achieve a further understanding, resolving the elusive nanostructures of cement has become necessary.

In this project, two dimensional materials such as graphene and graphene oxide will be used to fab-ricate a conductive and water-sealed liquid cell which will be put into several microscopes to ob-serve the nano-sized feature in-situ dynamically.

Both the scanning electron microscopy and trans-mit electron microscopy will be used to observe the sample for different purposes. Meanwhile, liquid atomic force microscopy and scanning ion conductance microscopy will also be used to get the morphological data of cement surface in liquid to assist us understanding the liquid cell study.(a) SEM image of plain paste

showing a straight-through type crack (arrow).(b) SEM image of graphene oxide – cement composite showing a number of fine cracks (arrows) with few branches.

Cement & Concrete Composites, 2015, 58, 140-147

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Cai, X., Suess, R.J., Drew, H.D., Murphy, T.E., Yan, J., Fuhrer, M., Pulsed near-IR photoresponse in a bi-metal contacted graphene photodetector, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 1-7

Cai, X., Sushkov, A.B., Jadidi, M.M., Nyakiti, L.O., Myers-Ward, R.L., Gaskill, D.K., Murphy, T.E., Fuhrer, M., Drew, H.D., Plasmon-enhanced terahertz pho-todetection in graphene, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (7), 4295-4302

Cervenka, J., Budi, A., Dontschuk, N., Stacey, A., Tadich, A., Rietwyk, K.J., Schenk, A., Edmonds, M.T., Yin, Y., Medhekar, N., Kalbac, M., Pakes, C.I., Graphene field effect transistor as a probe of elec-tronic structure and charge transfer at organic mol-ecule-graphene interfaces, Nanoscale, 2015, 7 (4), 1471-1478

Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Lobo, D.E., Middag, R., Ng, W.K., Emadishaibani, M., Majumder, M., Elec-trochemical capacitance of Ni-doped metal organic framework and reduced graphene oxide composites: More than the sum of its parts, ACS Applied Materi-als & Interfaces, 2015, 7 (6), 3655-3664

Chandrakumara, G., Shang, J., Qiu, L., Fang, X., Antolasic, F., Easton, C.D., Song, J., Alan, T., Li, D., Liu, Z., Tuning the oxygen functional groups in re-duced graphene oxide papers to enhance the elec-tromechanical actuation, RSC Advances: An Inter-national Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, 2015, 5 (83), 68052-68060

Chen, C., Qiao, H., Xue, Y., Yu, W., Song, J., Lu, Y., Li, S., Bao, Q., Growth of large-area atomically thin MoS2 film via ambient pressure chemical vapor de-position, Photonics Research 2015, 3 (4), 110-114

Chen, S.-Y., Zheng, C., Fuhrer, M., Yan, J., Helicity-Resolved Raman Scattering of MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, and WSe2 Atomic Layers, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (4), 2526-2532

Cochrane, K. A., Schiffrin, A., Roussy, T.S., Cap-soni, M., S.A. Burke, S. A., Pronounced polarization-induced energy level shifts at boundaries of organic semiconductor nanostructures, Nature Communica-tions, 2015, 6, 8312

Dontschuk, N., Stacey, A., Tadich, A., Rietwyk, K.J., Schenk, A., Edmonds, M.T., Shimoni, O., Pakes, C.I., Prawer, S., Cervenka, J., A graphene field-effect transistor as a molecule-specific probe of DNA nu-cleobases, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 6563

Dumee, L., He, L., Wang, Z., Sheath, P.A., Xiong, J., Feng, C., Tan, M.Y., She, M.F., Duke, M.C., Gray, S.R., Pacheco, A., Hodgson, P.D., Majumder, M., Kong, L., Growth of nano-textured graphene coat-ings across highly porous stainless steel supports towards corrosion resistant coatings, Carbon, 2015, 87, 395-408

Edmonds, M.T., Tadich, A., Carvalho, A., Ziletti, A., O’Donnell, K.M., Koenig, S.P., Coker, D.F., Ozy-ilmaz, B., Castro Neto, A.H., Fuhrer, M. S., Creating a Stable Oxide at the Surface of Black Phosphorus, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7 (27), 14557–14562

Edmonds, M.T., Willems van Beveren, L.H., Klochan, O., Cervenka, J., Ganesan, K., Prawer, S., Ley, L.F., Hamilton, A.R., Pakes, C.I., Spin-orbit interaction in a two-dimensional hole gas at the surface of hydroge-nated diamond, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (1), 16-20

Fraser, S., Zheng, X., Qiu, L., Li, D., Jia, B., En-hanced optical nonlinearities of hybrid graphene oxide films functionalized with gold nanoparticles, Ap-plied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (3), 1-4

Gong, K., Pan, Z., Habibnejad Korayem, A., Qiu, L., Li, D., Collins, F.G., Wang, C.M., Duan, W., Reinforc-ing effects of graphene oxide on Portland cement paste, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2015, 27 (2), 1-6

House, M. G., Kobayashi,T., Weber, B., Hile, S. J., Watson, T. F., van der Heijden, J., Rogge, S. & Sim-mons, M. Y., Radio frequency measurements of tunnel couplings and singlet–triplet spin states in Si:P quantum dots, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 8848 *MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publica-tions are shown in blue.

Joint Publicationsin 2D Materials Research

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Huang, W., Wu, Y., Qiu, L., Dong, C., Ding, J., Li, D., Tuning rheological performance of silica concentrated shear thickening fluid by using graphene oxide, Ad-vances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2015, 1-7

Jadidi, M.M., Sushkov, A.B., Myers-Ward, R.L., Boyd, A.K., Daniels, K.M., Gaskill, D.K., Fuhrer, M., Drew, H.D., Murphy, T.E., Tunable terahertz hybrid metal-graphene plasmons, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (10), 7099-7104.

Khare, R.T., Shinde, D., Bansode, S.R., More, M.A., Majumder, M., Pillai, V.K., Late, D.J., Graphene na-noribbons as prospective field emitter, Applied Phys-ics Letters, 2015, 106 (2), 1-5

Levinsen, J.F., Massignan, P., Bruun, G.M., Parish, M.M., Strong-coupling ansatz for the one-dimension-al Fermi gas in a harmonic potential, Science Ad-vances, 2015, 1 (6), 1-11

Liu, H., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Facile fabrication of freestanding ultrathin reduced graphene oxide mem-branes for water purification, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (2) 249-254

*MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publica-tions are shown in blue.

Lobo, D.E., Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Easton, C.D., Majumder, M., Miniaturized supercapacitors: Fo-cused ion beam reduced graphene oxide super-capacitors with enhanced perfomance metrics Ad-vanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (19), 1-10

McCoy, T.M., Brown, P., Eastoe, J., Tabor, R.F., Noncovalent magnetic control and reversible recov-ery of graphene oxide using iron oxide and magnetic surfactants, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7 (3), 2124-2133

Meng, N., Wang, Z., Low, Z.X., Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Impact of trace graphene oxide in coagulation bath on morphology and performance of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane, Separation and Purification Technology, 2015, 147, 364-371

Mohammed, A.A., Sanjayan, J.G., Duan, W., Nazari, A., Incorporating graphene oxide in cement compos-ites: A study of transport properties, Construction and Building Materials, 2015, 84, 341-347

Mu, H., Wang, Z., Yuan, J., Xiao, S., Chen, C., Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Song, J., Wang, Y., Xue, Y., Zhang, H., Bao, Q., Graphene-Bi2Te3 Heterostructure as Saturable Absorber for Short Pulse Generation, ACS Photonics, 2015, 2 (7), 832-841

Pan, Z., He, L., Qiu, L., Habibnejad Korayem, A., Li, G., Zhu, J., Collins, F.G., Li, D., Duan, W., Wang, C.M., Mechanical properties and microstructure of a graphene oxide-cement composite, Cement and Concrete Composites, 2015, 58, 140-147

Qiao, H., Yuan, J., Xu, Z., Chen, C., Lin, S., Wang, Y., Song, J., Liu, Y., Khan, Q., Hoh, H., Pan, C., Li, S., Bao, Q., Broadband photodetectors based on graphene- Bi2Te3 heterostructure, ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (2), 1886-1894

Song, J., Xia, F., Zhao, M., Zhong, Y.L., Li, ., Loh, K., Caruso, R.A., Bao, Q., Solvothermal growth of bismuth chalcogenide nanoplatelets by the oriented attachment mechanism: an in situ PXRD study, Chemistry Of Materials, 2015, 27 (9), 3471-3482

Syers, P., Kim, D., Fuhrer, M., Paglione, J., Tuning bulk and surface conduction in the proposed topo-logical Kondo insulator SmB6, Physical Review Let-ters, 2015, 114 (9), 1-5

Thekkekara, L.V., Jia, B., Zhang, Y., Qiu, L., Li, D., Gu, M., On-chip energy storage integrated with solar cells using a laser scribed graphene oxide film, Ap-plied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (3), 1-3

Joint Publicationsin 2D Materials Research

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Wan, J., Bao, W., Liu, Y., Dai, J., Shen, F., Zhou, L., Cai, X., Urban, D., Li, Y., Jungjohann, K., Fuhrer, M., Hu, L., In situ investigations of Li-MoS2 with planar batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (5), 1-7

Wang, Y., Cai, X., Reutt-Robey, J., Fuhrer, M., Neutral-current Hall effects in disordered graphene, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2015, 92 (16), 161411

Wang, Y., Chen, C., Fang, X., Li, Z., Qiao, H., Sun, B., Bao, Q., Top-grid monolayer graphene/Si Schott-key solar cell, Journal Of Solid State Chemistry, 2015, 224, 102-106

Wang, Y., Chen, S., Qiu, L., Wang, K., Wang, H., Si-mon, G.P., Li, D., Graphene-directed supramolecular assembly of multifunctional polymer hydrogel mem-branes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (1), 126-133

Wang, Y., Ou, J.Z., Chrimes, A.F., Carey, B., Dae-neke, T.J., Alsaif, M.M., Mortazavi Ghazvini, M.S.A., Zhuiykov, S., Medhekar, N., Bhaskaran, M., Friend, J.R., Strano, M.S., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Electronic transport properties of Ir-decorated graphene, Scien-tific Reports, 2015, 5, 1-6

Wang, Y., Xiao, S., Cai, X., Bao, W., Reutt-Robey, J., Fuhrer, M., Plasmon resonances of highly doped two-dimensional MoS2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (22), 883-890

Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, Y., Xu, W., Mu, H., Chen, C., Qiao, H., Song, J., Li, S., Sun, B., Cheng, Y.-B., Bao, Q., Hybrid Graphene-Perovskite Phototransis-tors with Ultrahigh Responsivity and Gain, Advanced Optical Materials, 2015, 3 (10), 1389-1396

Watson, T.F., Weber, B., Buch, H., Fuechsle, M. Simmons, M.Y., Charge sensing of a few-donor double quantum dot in silicon, Applied Physics Let-ters, 2015, 107 (23), 233511

Watson, T.F., Weber, B., House, M. G., Buch, H., Simmons, M.Y., High-Fidelity Rapid Initialization and Read-Out of an Electron Spin via the Single Donor D− Charge State, Physical Review Letters, 2015, 115 (16), 166806

Wei, J., Hu, Y., Liang, Y., Kong, B., Zhang, J., Song, J., Bao, Q., Simon, G.P., Jiang, S., Wang, H., Ni-trogen doped nanoporous carbon/graphene nano-sandwiches: Synthesis and application for efficient oxygen reduction, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25, 5768-5777

Wei, J., Hu, Y., Wu, Z.W., Liang, Y., Leong, S.K., Kong, B., Zhang, X., Zhao, D., Simon, G.P., Wang, H., A graphene-directed assembly route to hierarchi-cally porous Co-Nx/C catalysts for high performance oxygen reduction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3 (32), 16867-16873.

Xiang, F.-X., Wang, X.-L., Veldhorse, M., Dou, S.-X., Fuhrer, M., Observation of topological transition of Fermi surface from a spindle torus to a torus in bulk Rashba spin-split BiTeCl, Physical Review B - Con-densed Matter and Materials Physics, 2015, 92, 035123

Xu, K., Wang, K., Zhao, W., Bao, W., Liu, E., Ren, Y., Wang, M., Fu, Y., Zeng, J., Li, Z., Zhou, W., Song, F., Wang, X., Shi, Y., Wan, X., Fuhrer, M., Wang, B., Qiao, Z., Miao, F., Xing, D. The positive piezocon-ductive effect in graphene, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 8119

Xu, Z., Zhang, Y., Lin, S., Zheng, C., Zhong, Y.L., Xia, X., Li, Z., Sophia, J., Fuhrer, M., Cheng, Y., Bao, Q., Synthesis and transfer of large-area monolayer WS2 crystals: Moving toward the recyclable use of sapphire substrates, ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (6), 6178-6187

*MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publica-tions are shown in blue.

Joint Publicationsin 2D Materials Research

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Yamamoto, M., Dutta, S., Aikawa, S., Nakaharai, S., Wakabayashi, K., Fuhrer, M., Ueno, K., Tsukagoshi, K., Self-limiting layer-by-layer oxidation of atomically thin WSe2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (3), 2067-2073

Yin, Y., Cervenka, J., Medhekar, N., Tunable hybrid-ization between electronic states of graphene and physisorbed hexacene, Journal of Physical Chemis-try C, 2015, 119 (33), 19526-19534

Yu, P., Lowe, E. S., Simon, G.P., Zhong, Y.L., Elec-trochemical exfoliation of graphite and production of functional graphene, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2015, 20, 329-338

Yuan, J., Zhao, M., Yu, W., Lu, Y., Chen, C., Xu, M., Li, S., Loh, K., Bao, Q., Raman spectroscopy of two-dimensional Bi2TexSe3-x platelets produced by solvothermal method, Materials, 2015, 8 (8), 5007-5017

Zeng, M.X., McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Zhang, X., Silver/Reduced graphene oxide hydrogel as novel bactericidal filter for point-of-use water disinfection, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (27), 4344-4351

Zheng, C., Xu, Z.-Q., Zhang, Q., Edmonds, M.T., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Bao, Q., Fuhrer, M., Profound effect of substrate hydroxylation and hydra-tion on electronic and optical properties of monolayer MoS2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (5), 3096-3102

Zheng, X., Jia, B., Lin, H., Qiu, L., Li, D., Gu, M., Highly efficient and ultra-broadband graphene oxide ultrathin lenses with three-dimensional subwave-length focusing, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 8433

Zhong, Y.L., Tian, Z., Simon, G.P., Li, D., Scalable production of graphene via wet chemistry: progress and challenges, Materials Today, 2015, 18 (2), 73-78

Zhong, Z., Yao, J., Chen, R., Low, Z.X., He, M., Liu, Z., Wang, H., Oriented two-dimensional zeolitic imid-azolate framework-L membranes and their gas per-meation properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3 (30), 15715-15722

Zubir, N., Yacou, C., Motuzas, J., Zhang, X., Zhao, G.X.S., Diniz da Costa, J.C., The sacrificial role of graphene oxide in stabilising a Fenton-like catalyst GO-Fe3O4, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51 (45), 9291-9293

*MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publica-tions are shown in blue.

Joint Publicationsin 2D Materials Research

1International Research Conference

1Graphene Industry Engagement Event

11Multi-Institute Collaborative Grant Applications

48Multi-Institute Joint Publications

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Facilitate research collaborations external partners and industry.

Industry Engagement Event

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MCATM co-hosted its first industry engagement event on Graphene for High-Tech Manufac-turing on 27 August. As one of four events in the Monash Engineering Industry Night series, the New Horizons Collaboration Lounge wel-comed 124 guests. Among which, 48% was from industry and 6% was from other research organisations. Attendee demographics are illus-trated in the below figure.

The night highlighted capabilities in 2-dimen-sional materials research at Monash and op-portunities for industry to co-develop graphene technologies into high-tech applications.

The first half of the event included presentations from Monash researchers, followed by a panel discussion on graphene market potentials and finished off with material demonstrations and poster presentations.

Prof. Michael Fuhrer, MCATM director, presented MCATM capabilities and how the Centre capi-talises on the graphene revolution. Prof. Dan Li, MCATM co-Director, gave an overview on the Graphite to Graphene products value chain.

A/Prof. Mainak Majumder presented a case study on the successful industry-academia col-laboration that resulted in the establishment of a new company, Ionic Industries.

Dr. Rico Tabor shared his experience with gra-phene R & D through an industry-fused PhD program and the Deputy Dean of Engineering, Prof. George Simon, provided an overview of Engineering research capabilities.

Ms Clare Meeker, FoE Industry Portfolio Man-ager, finished off the formal presentations with models of industry-research collaboration and government funding schemes.

The industry discussion panel was very well received with many interesting questions from the audience. The panel consisted of Mr. Mark Muzzin, CEO of Ionic Industries; Mr. Dave Giles-Kaye, Head of sales and IP licensing at Imagine Intelligent Materials and Mr. Chris Darby, CEO of Valence Industries, an Australian graphite mining company.

More than 30 students and staff from Science and Engineering were involved in the material and technology demonstrations and presen-tations of 29 posters that focused on Monash innovations and how industry partners can get involved.

Aerospace3% Chemicals

12%Coatings

5%

Manufacturing16%

Tech Transfer

8%

Electronics23%

Energy5%

Food2%

Pharmaceu-ticals2%

Polymers16%

Sensors3%

Separation Science

5%

InternationalResearch Conference

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The 7th International Conference on Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimen-sional Materials Research (RPGR2015 – rpgr.physics.monash.edu.au) was held in Lorne, Victoria on 25-29 October 2015. RPGR has become the premier conference fo-cused on graphene and other novel two-dimensional materials in the Asia-Pacific region, and it was the first time that RPGR was held in Australia.

Organised by MCATM, RPGR2015 reflected the rapidly growing field of two-dimensional materials, covering graphene and graphene oxide as well as new materials phosphorene, transition metal dichalcogenides, layered oxides, silicene, germanene and topological insulators. The number of presentations in each topic is illustrated in the figure below.

The 4-day technical program discussed the electrical, optical, mechanical, chemical, thermal, and other properties of these novel materials, as well as wide-ranging applica-tions from optoelectronic devices to biomedical implants and water filtration.

20,471Visits to RPGR2015 webpage

239Delegates from 24 countries

89Oral presentations

112Poster presentations

$37,150External sponsorships

32 Number of MCATM members supported

Boron Nitride, 7, 4%

Graphene, 87, 45%

Graphene Oxide, 32, 17%

Heterostructures, 4, 2%

Other 2D Materials, 34, 18%

Topological Insulators, 5, 2%

Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides,

23, 12%

Discussion Topics

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RPGR

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Professor James Tour from the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale & Nanotechnology, Rice University, USA visited Monash University on 19 November 2015 during his trip to Australia.

In addition to giving a MCATM Seminar at Monash on “Graphene Synthesis and Devices”, he also met with Profs. Michael Fuhrer, Dan Li, George Simon, A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and Dr. Jacek Jasieniak.

MCATM

MCATM SEMINAR

monash.edu/mcatmInfo: Tich-Lam.Nguyen@monash.edu

Date: Thursday 19 November 2015 – 10:00AMVenue: Theatre E7, Engineering 72, 14 Alliance Lane Monash University, Clayton

Abstract: An in-depth look at numerous methods to make graphene, ranging from sin-gle-crystal sheets that grown in precise hexagonal arrays to growth of graphene in air at room temperature using lasers, and 2- and 3-D hybrid graphene nanotube struc-tures. Use of the graphene materials in composites will be discussed. Many of the devices made and their transitions to industry will be shown. These devices include fuel cells, water splitting, batteries and supercapacitors.

About the Speaker: James M. Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngi-neering at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. Some of Tour’s scientific research areas include nanoelectronics, graphene electronics, silicon oxide electronics, carbon nanovectors for medical applications, green carbon research for enhanced oil recovery and environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction, graphene photovoltaics, carbon supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries. He has also developed strategies for retarding chemical terrorist attacks.

Tour has over 550 research publications, 75 patents and an H-index of 107. Tour was named among “The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today” by TheBest-Schools.org in 2014 and listed in “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” by Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch.com in 2014.

Professor James TourSmalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & TechnologyRice University, USA

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PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATION

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MCATM Officially Launched 26 Oct 2015A snapshot of the Media Release:

The first collaborative Centre of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, connecting atomically thin materials research excellence, design and industry, launches today at Monash University. MCATM offers new opportunities for boosting Australian manufacturing industries.

Nobel Laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Man-chester (UK), who, with Andrew Geim, first isolated gra-phene from graphite using sticky tape, welcomed the new centre.

Note: Links to the above articles are listed on Page 34.

“It’s great that Monash University is leading the way in the Southern Hemisphere in developing this new collaborative centre for focused research and development of atomically thin materials like graphene. It’s critical that research institutions and industries across the world invest in this growth area which has huge economic impact and the potential to solve many of the world’s pressing problems.” SIR KONSTANTIN NOVOSELOV

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Nobel Laureate Konstantin NovoselovPublic Lecture “Materials in Flatland”

Monash University 26 Oct 2015

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MCATM in the MediaDATE SOURCE DESCRIPTION WEB LINK

17 Feb The Australian - NewsDr. Rico Tabor & PhD student Thomas McCoy demonstrated their graphene oxide magnetic filtration device.

http://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/308249/Monash-University-students-tap-miracle-carbon-to-cleanse-water-_-The-Australian.pdf

16 May ABC Radio National The Science Show

Prof. Michael Fuhrer interviewed with Robyn Williams on graphene and MCATM

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/graphene---part-of-the-age-of-new-materials/6473494

28 Jul The Australian - Business Review

Featuring the joint venture between A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and his industry partner, Ionic Industries

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/monash-in-mobile-device-battery-breakthrough/story-e6frg9df-1227459245433

26 Oct The Australian - National Affairs

Article by journalist Andrew Trouson following the Launch of MCATM

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/latest/australias-rd-model-broken-beyond-repair/story-e6frg90f-1227582475443

26 Oct Australian ManufacturingMCATM was metioned by one of Australia’s online magazines, dedicated as a user-generated resource for the Manufacturing industry.

http://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/33242/the-monash-centre-for-atomically-thin-materials-officially-launches

26 Oct Investor IntelFor Investors

MCATM was metioned by Investor Intel, an online source of independent investor information.

http://investorintel.com/technology-metals-press/new-centre-for-innovative-materials-research-and-design-launches/

26 OctIndustry UpdateManufacturing Magazine & Directories

MCATM was metioned by Australia’s magazine and directory for electrical, industrial and manufacturing suppliers.

http://www.industryupdate.com.au/article/centre-innovative-materials-research-and-design-launched

29 OctHot CopperAustralian Stock Market & Politics Forum

MCATM was metioned by one of Australia’s free independent stock market trading forum for ASX investors.

http://hotcopper.com.au/threads/monash-leading-the-way.2627054/#.VlPnFGQrKX0

31 Oct The Age - Innovation Fairfax Journalist Hannah Francis interview with Nobel Laureate Novoselov

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/innovation/kostya-novoselov-father-of-graphene-20151027-gkkda3

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MCATM Members in the News

DATE SOURCE DESCRIPTION WEB LINK

28 Jul The Australian Business Review

A joint venture between A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and his industry partner, Ionic Industries, was featured on The Australian Business Review

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/monash-makes-battery-breakthrough/news-story/860f1b3053b77e1acfcacbe02897c348

22 Sep Swinburne University Media Centre

Featuring the Nature Communications article by Dan Li and collaborators

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/media-centre/news/2015/09/ultrathin-lens-could-revolutionise-next-gen-devices.html

05 Nov Australian Research Council

A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and his team in the Monash NanoScale Science and Engineering Laboratory were highlighted for their long term research collaboration with a publicly owned mining company, Strategic Energy Resources Ltd.

http://www.arc.gov.au/news-media/news/arc-annual-report-2014-15

05 NovAustralian Government Department of Education and Training

Mr. Samuel Martin, co-supervised by A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and A/Prof. Adrian Neild was awarded one of the Department of Education and Training’s 2016 Endeavour Fellowships.

https://internationaleducation.gov.au/endeavour%20program/scholarships-and-fellowships/alumni/pages/default.aspx

10 Nov Australian Institute of Policy and Science

Dr. Qiaoliang Bao was one of four Monash researchers who won the 2015 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science Award

http://monash.edu/news/show/top-honours-for-budding-scientists

16 Dec Australian Research CouncilDr. Agustin Shiffrin and Dr. Qiaoliang Bao received the 2016 ARC Future Fellowship awards

http://monash.edu/news/show/monash-leads-the-way-in-australian-research-council-future-fellowships

16 Dec Thomson ReutersMCATM Co-director Dan Li once again made the list of Thomson Reuters’ 2015 Highly Cited Researchers.

http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com/#monash

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Our Presence @ Monash

MCATM and its weblink is listed under the infrastructure section for the following Monash’s leading research capabilities:

• Advanced Manufacturing• Energy• Energy - related materials• Nanomaterials

DATE SOURCE DESCRIPTION WEB LINK

30 Jul Monash Science Orbit Introducing MCATM to Monash http://theorbit.sci.monash.edu/science/introducing-the-monash-centre-for-atomically-thin-materials

26 Aug Monash The InsiderMCATM directors talked about the significance of atomically thin materials research

http://monash.edu/news/show/monash-establishes-world-class-research-centre

26 Oct Monash The Insider MCATM Launch http://monash.edu/news/show/new-centre-for-innovative-materials-research-and-design-launches

3 Sep Monash Science Orbit A report on MCATM’s graphene industry engagement event

http://theorbit.sci.monash.edu/science/industry-engagement-graphene-for-high-tech-manufacturing

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