Nobel Laureate Konstantin Novoselov presented advanced in 2D materials at the UAB

Invited by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Novoselov gave a conference on two-dimensional materials entitled Materials in the Flatland on 27 May at the Faculty of Sciences.

28/05/2015

After participating in the ICREA Workshop on Graphene Nanobiosensors, organised by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) on 25 and 26 May at the UAB Casa Convalescència in Barcelona, the 2010 Nobel Prize winner in Physics will offer a conference on 27 May at the conference hall of the faculties of Science and Biosciences.

Dr Novoselov, professor at the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK, will speak on the properties present in two-dimensional structures of graphene and other atomic crystals; as well as structures obtained through a combination of different two-dimensional layers, which pave the way for the creation of new physical phenomena.

2D materials, especially graphene, are of great scientific interest and generate several commercial opportunities. Europe has made many efforts to consolidate a leading position in this matter with initiatives such as Graphene Flagship, in which the ICN2 was one of the initial promoters and co-directed one of the working packs.

The conference, entitled Materials in the Flatland, formed part of the Manuel Cardona conference series in the field of nanoscience which was organised by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2).