{"65960":{"#nid":"65960","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MRSEC SEMINAR SERIES with DR. ROBERT HADDON","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMRSEC SEMINAR SERIES WITH PROFESSOR ROBERT HADDON\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) welcomes University of California at Riverside Professor Robert Haddon on Chemical Functionalization as an Approach to the Modification of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Graphene\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe report the application of a range of chemical reactions to the basal plane functionalization of graphene, including the Diels-Alder reaction \u2013 in which we show that graphene can act as both diene and dienophile \u2013 and the addition of nitrophenyl radicals.\u0026nbsp; The chemical formation of covalent carbon \u2013 carbon bonds involving the basal plane carbon atoms offers an alternative approach to the control of the electronic properties of graphene; the transformation of the carbon centers from sp\u00b2 to sp\u00b3 introduces a barrier to electron flow by saturating the carbon atoms and opening a band gap which potentially allows the generation of insulating and semiconducting regions in graphene wafers.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; In this talk, I will discuss our work on electronic and magnetic properties of chemically modified graphene.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe report the application of a range of chemical reactions to the basal plane functionalization of graphene, including the Diels-Alder reaction \u2013 in which we show that graphene can act as both diene and dienophile \u2013 and the addition of nitrophenyl radicals.\u0026nbsp; The chemical formation of covalent carbon \u2013 carbon bonds involving the basal plane carbon atoms offers an alternative approach to the control of the electronic properties of graphene; the transformation of the carbon centers from sp\u00b2 to sp\u00b3 introduces a barrier to electron flow by saturating the carbon atoms and opening a band gap which potentially allows the generation of insulating and semiconducting regions in graphene wafers.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; In this talk, I will discuss our work on electronic and magnetic properties of chemically modified graphene.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) welcomes University of California at Riverside Professor Robert Haddon on Chemical Functionalization as an Approach to the Modification of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Graphen"}],"uid":"27428","created_gmt":"2011-05-05 11:23:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:58","author":"Gina Adams","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-17T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-17T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-17T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-17 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-17 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-17 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/research.chem.ucr.edu\/groups\/haddon\/","title":"Haddon Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mrsec.gatech.edu\/","title":"Materials Research Science and Engineering Center"}],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGina Adams\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT MRSEC Seminar Series\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gina.adams@mrsec.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egina.adams@mrsec.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}