Within the 2021 Internation Seminar Series of Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Rabah
Boukhroub from the Institut d’Electronique, de Microélectronique et de
Nanotechnologie (IEMN), Université de Lille, France presented a scientific lecture
entitled (Graphene-based nanocomposites for sensing and biomedical applications).
The lecture included an introduction to graphene-based nanocomposites and their
various uses in aspects of science and technology.
Graphene, the name specified
to a one atom-thick two-dimensional (2D) single layer of sp2 hybridized carbon
atoms arranged in a honeycombed lattice with large surface area, exceptional
thermal, mechanical, optical and structural properties. This wonder material is
a “hot topic” of research in interdisciplinary sciences with potential
applications in several fields such as nanoelectronics, organic catalysis,
environmental remediation, drug delivery, etc.
Due to their low cost of
production, large specific surface area and abundant surface chemistry,
rGO-based materials have shown great promise in the development of novel composites,
biosensors, photocatalysts, electrocatalysts, and drug delivery systems. These
hybrid nanomaterials offer unusual combinations of electrical, thermal,
mechanical, catalytic, electrocatalytic, optical and magnetic performances that
are difficult to attain separately from the individual components.
Prof. Boukhroub focused on the
different strategies for preparing rGO-based hybrid materials and the different
applications of these nanocomposites in sensing and biomedicine.