AMBER, materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin and funded by Science Foundation Ireland, is hosting three-day conference this week bringing together 20 of the world’s top scientists to discuss the potential of new materials to transform energy and computer technology.
Researchers from China, Israel, Singapore and USA will be keynote speakers at Flatlands 2014, which runs from 9-11 July. Over the three days, topics for discussion include the synthesis of new 2D materials for both research; industrial uses and applications of nano-materials in energy generation, electronics, optics; and composites such as stronger but lighter plastic materials.
Special guest Prof Andrea Ferrari, chairman of the executive board for the Graphene Flagship, a €1 billion project set up by the European Commission to examine the applications for graphene. It is suggested that graphene – a single sheet of atoms – could transform every material that we use.
Organisers of the event include TCD-based EU Graphene Flagship members Prof Jonathan Coleman (pictured), who discovered how to produce graphene on an industrial scale; Prof Valeria Nicolosi, a physicist who joined AMBER from Oxford; and Prof Georg Duesberg, a graphene specialist whose has worked on ways to grow large defect-free graphene flakes.
Prof Valeria Nicolosi said, “Graphene has been identified as a game-changer in materials science and its potential use in industry – particularly energy and ICT – could be transformative. Flatlands offers a platform to debate and examine other similar 2D materials and their potential with our international counterparts – a hugely important element of scientific endeavour.”
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