Surface Engineering of Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots for Industrial and Medical Applications

This book explores the synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene and its derivatives. It covers advancements in improving graphene quality, surface engineering methods, and increasing material functionality. The topics covered include functionalized graphene, graphene quantum dots, novel device fabrication approaches, and diverse applications. The book also investigates the fundamental principles of characterizing graphene and its derivatives, along with electronic structures, theoretical investigations, and computational analyses relevant to their applications, synthesis, and properties. The chapters are organized to cover these topics, starting with a general overview of surface chemistry and its concepts for surface engineering of graphene, the fundamental properties of graphene and its derivatives, their synthesis, and applications in numerous fields, and concludes with a future perspective. Significantly, for the first time, both industrial and medical applications are gathered in one book, enabling us to discuss the confrontation of medical and industrial applications of graphene and graphene quantum dots.

About the Author :
Dr Beheshteh Sohrabi received her BSc in pure chemistry from Alzahra University, Iran, and her MSc in physical chemistry from Kharazmi University, Iran. She received her PhD in physical chemistry from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. She is now an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry's surface chemistry research lab at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). She has conducted some of the earliest research on the dispersion of carbon nanotubes and graphite by using experimental and simulation methods.Dr Sousa Javan Nikkhah obtained a master's degree in polymer engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. She completed her PhD at Iran University of Science and Technology, specializing in molecular modeling of polymer/solid interfaces for polymer nanocomposites. After working as a researcher, advisor, and lecturer at Iran University of Science and Technology, she joined the soft material modeling group at Aalto University, Finland, as a postdoctoral researcher. She works as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Limerick. Sousa's research interests include multiscale modeling of polymer/solid interfaces, membranes, self-assembly of polymers, and designing drug delivery systems.