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INNOVATIVE MATERIALS | TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Transformation
Solution
Research
Innovation
Collaboration
Discovery
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CENTRE OVERVIEW, 3
About Us, 4
Directors’ Message, 5
Management Team, 6
Advisory Committee, 7
Researchers, 9
PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, 26
Graphene Industry Engagement Event, 27
International Conference - RPGR2015, 28
MCATM Lecture Series - James Tour, 30
Our Capabilities, 11
RESEARCH SUPPORT & COLLABORATION, 14
PUBLIC RELATIONS & COMMUNICATION, 31
Our Collaboration Network, 15
MCATM Launch, 32
Support for DECRA Fellows, 16
MCATM Public Lecture - Sir Novoselov, 33
Infrastructure Support, 18
MCATM in the Media, 34
Top-up scholarships, 19
Members in the News, 35
MCATM Joint Publications, 22
MCATM Visibility at Monash, 36
Our Online Presence, 37
CENTRE OVERVIEW
The Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials (MCATM) is the first centre of its kind
in Australia. An international hub for research excellence in novel two-dimensional
materials, this multidisciplinary centre brings together world-leading expertise from
across Monash together with national and international partners and industries.
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Faculties: Science & Engineering
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Monash Schools and Departments
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High profile research groups
MCATM puts Australia on the map as a
world leader in atomically thin materials
research and commercialisation.
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About us
“MCATM offers a platform for researchers to gain
a deeper understanding of how atomically thin
materials integrate with each other or with other
materials, to achieve engineering solutions and
realise new applications.”
The Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials, a joint initiative between
the Science and Engineering faculties at Monash University, is the first
centre of its kind in Australia. An international hub for research excellence
in novel two-dimensional (2D) materials, this multidisciplinary centre brings
together world-leading expertise from across Monash together with national
and international partners and industries.
Atomically thin materials – in particular graphene new industry. Centre Directors Professors Fuhrer
– are rapidly becoming some of the world’s and Li have established international reputamost valued materials, offering enormous tions in the field of atomically thin materials,
potential for industrial transformation across a and Monash has significant strength in this
diverse range of applications. From superior area, as well as closely related fields such as
forms of energy storage and transparent photovoltaics, water treatment, energy storage
electrodes for mobile phone displays to filtra- and biomedicine. This offers an opportunity
tion membranes used in water treatment and for Monash to take the lead in atomically thin
biomedical applications in tissue regeneration. materials research in Australia.
There is a growing international interest in The establishment of MCATM also faciliatomically thin materials, but until now, there tates state-of-the-art shared facilities for the
is no such centre in Australia. Applications processing and application of atomically
of atomically thin materials will require new thin materials for practical applications and
processing techniques. Developing intellectual transferring research outcomes to industry.
property here allows Australia to get into this
Directors’ Message
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The vision of the Monash Centre for Atomically Thin products. MCATM has launched at the right time to Konstantin Novoselov, who also delivered a public
Materials is to bring together world-leading researchers capitalise on the explosion of interest in atomically thin lecture at Monash University.
in atomically thin materials and related sciences and materials, and operates as a nexus to connect Monash MCATM has provided support for 7 HDR students and
technologies to form an internationally recognised hub researchers with industry partners. Our first Industry 2 early-career researchers working in atomically thin
of excellence in atomically thin materials research. We Night held 27 August 2015 attracted more than 120 materials through top-up scholarships, cash support
are very pleased to look back on the progress we people, with many participants requesting follow-ups for DECRA fellowships, and small equipment grants.
have made toward that vision in 2015, our inaugural to find out more about MCATM capabilities. The event MCATM has additionally supported 37 members
year as a Centre.
has fuelled several linkage project ideas, some of to attend international conferences to present their
MCATM offers a unique multidisciplinary platform for which have led to ARC Linkage and ITRH projects. research.
researchers across a broad range of disciplines to MCATM has also formed an important international link The Centre has spearheaded new collaborative facilicollaborate and tackle the most significant scientific to the Centre for Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials ties for atomically thin materials research, including an
and technological problems in this frontier research (CA2DM) at the National University of Singapore. electron beam lithography facility (now operational in
field. It brings Monash researchers together to pursue MCATM and CA2DM have held two joint workshops New Horizons Centre) and a facility for electrochemical
collaborative grants and particularly larger initiatives, to identify potential collaborative projects, already and thermal mapping via atomic force microscopy.
and provides an excellent vehicle to host the applica- resulting in one successful ARC Discovery Project, 2015 saw the appointment of MCATM’s dynamic
tion of various ARC fellowships. In 2015, it has helped and several projects under discussion.
and driven Centre Manager Dr. Tich-Lam Nguyen,
organise bids for a $35M ARC Centre of Excellence, MCATM has raised the profile of atomically thin materials who has been essential to the accomplishments of
now in the final round of competition with four MCATM research at Monash across a number of media. The the Centre. We also thank our extraordinary research
members. 2015 has seen the success of one ARC Centre organised and was a major sponsor of the staff and students; our advisors; and our partners.
Linkage project, 3 Discovery Projects, 2 Future Fellow- Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Together we have established an excellent base for
ships and multiple DECRAs from the Centre members. Materials Research 2015 conference held in Lorne, even greater accomplishments in 2016.
This is an exciting time as the science of atomically Victoria. The conference attracted several high-profile
thin materials is being rapidly translated into industrial keynote speakers, including Nobel Laureate Sir
Michael Fuhrer & Dan Li
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Management
Michael Fuhrer
Director
Professor Michael Fuhrer is a recognised leader in the field of atomically
thin electronic materials, including graphene, topological insulator bismuth
selenide, and two-dimensional semiconductors such as molybdenum
disulphide.
Professor Fuhrer is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Fellow of the American Physics
Society, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. His h-index is 44, and nine of his publications have been cited
more than 500 times each.
We aim to foster collaborations and
facilitate partnerships with international
partners and industry. We also
provide a highly multidisciplinary
environment to train early career
researchers and students.
Dan Li
co-Director
Professor Dan Li’s current research interests are centred on synthesis and
multi-scale characterisation of graphene-based soft materials and their
applications in energy storage and conversion, nanofluidics, bionics and
environmental protection.
Professor Li is an ARC Future Fellow, former ARC Queen Elizabeth II
Fellow, and winner of the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year award in
Engineering and Technology (2010). He is named in the list of Thomson
Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers in the category of Materials Science in
two consecutive years 2014 and 2015.
Tich-Lam Nguyen
Research Centre Manager
Dr. Tich-Lam Nguyen manages MCATM’s operations and development
of research and industry partnerships. Tich-Lam is responsible for the
Centre’s financial and operational effectiveness and the oversight of activities contributing to the development of its strategic goals. She facilitates
collaboration among multidisciplinary researchers within the Centre and
its engagement with external partners.
Tich-Lam holds a PhD in Chemistry from RMIT University and a Master of
Management from the Melbourne Business School.
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Advisory Committee
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Advises on the Centre’s direction and opportunities
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Reviews MCATM strategic plans
3
Provides management recommendations
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Advisory Committee Members
DR. CLIVE DAVENPORT
PROF. GORDON WALLACE
Chairman
Small Technologies Cluster
Executive Research Director
ARC CoE for Electromaterials
Science
Dr. Davenport has extensive
experience in high technology
industry from managing
research programs, developing
commercial products, establishing international markets,
and taking start-up businesses
to global success.
A Fellow of the Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering.
Prof. Wallace’s research interests include organic conductors, nanomaterials and novel
approaches to additive fabrication including 3D printing,
fibre spinning, knitting and
braiding.
He is a member of the Australian
Government’s National Enabling
Technologies Strategy (NETS)
Council and Director Emeritus
of MANCEF, the global organisation focused on accelerating the commercialisation
and uptake of small-scale
technologies.
With more than 700 refereed
publications, Prof. Wallace
has attracted some 17,000
citations and has a h-index
of 61. He has supervised
84 PhD students to completion at the Intelligent Polymer
Research Institute.
TO BE APPOINTED
PROF. CORAL WARR
PROF. ANA DELETIC
Associate Dean of Research
Faculty of Science
Associate Dean of Research
Faculty of Engineering
PROF. MICHAEL FUHRER
PROF. DAN LI
MR. GREG REDDEN
MCATM Directors
Director Industry Engagement
and Commercial
Faculty of Science
The third external Advisory
Committee Member will be
appointed June 2016.
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MCATM Researchers
Engineered graphene materials
provide a golden opportunity to
revive Australia’s manufacturing
and mining industries.
We study how novel atomically
thin devices conduct electricity,
with the aim of developing the
low power computing devices
of the future.
DAN LI
MICHAEL FUHRER
Transparent electrode materials
such as graphene play a key
role in our development of dyesensitised & perovskite solar cells
and third generation photovoltaic
concepts such as tandem solar
cells and upconversion.
MAINAK MAJUMDER
The nano-scale is remarkable
because it bridges the spatial
dimension of atoms and visible
light. To achieve technological innovation at this level, it is
imperative to understand how
to precisely manipulate matter
at this scale.
JACEK JASIENIAK
QIAOLIANG BAO
Our research focuses on
measuring the interaction
that 2D nanomaterials can
experience to develop functional surfaces for controlled
wetting and water purification
applications.
We employ computational tools
to investigate the physics of
nanoscale materials for optoelectronic and energy applications.
NIKHIL MEDHEKAR
UDO BACH
Our industry-focused research
program on graphene combines
2D material synthesis & fundamental studies of colloidal phases, flow
behaviour, mico-/nano-fabrication
in developing industrially-adaptable
platform technologies for clean
energy, chemical separations and
lab-on-chip devices.
Our work focuses on linear
and non-linear optical properties of graphene-related
materials. We aim to put
Monash at the forefront of
graphene photonics research
internationally.
RICO TABOR
We study fundamental aspects
of energy and electron transfer
in donor-acceptor systems,
conjugated polymers and
plasmonic nanocrystals at both
the ensemble and single 2D assembly level.
Solar cells of the not-too-distant
future will be cheap, flexible and
available in colours to suit a range
of homes. We are developing
solar cells that can be printed,
the same way as the Australian
bank note is produced.
ALISON FUNSTON
YI-BING CHENG
Two-dimensional materials
are promising building blocks
for filtration devices in water
treatment applications and
heterojunction photocatalysis.
Graphene is a promising
candidate in our development of novel biomedical
‘scaffold’ materials that
act as templates for tissue
and nerve regeneration.
XIWANG ZHANG
JOHN FORSYTHE
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MCATM Researchers
Information gathered on the
electronic properties at the
nanoscale enables us to
know more about novel 2D
materials that may one day
replace conventional transistor
technology.
The miniturisation of electromechanical devices will bring
a revolution to humanity in the
coming decades. The could
deliver a myriad of applications in aerospace, automotive, defense and biomedical
industries.
We use state-of-the-art
widefield and confocal spectrophotometers to discover
fundamental photophysical
properties of & understand
how energy is transported in
novel atomically thin materials.
MARK EDMONDS
ZHE LIU
TOBY BELL
Graphene’s remarkable chemical inertness & impermeability
for fluids and gases makes it
an exceptional candidate for
corrosion resistant material.
RAMAN SINGH
We aim at engineering low-dimensional nanostructures with tailored
electronic and optoelectronic
properties, by means of atomically
precise ‘bottom-up’ synthesis and
supramolecular chemistry approaches on surfaces.
By incorporating carbon nanomaterials in well cements, we
can engineer multifunctional
and smart nanostructures with
self-sensing properties and
greater strength & durability
under extreme environments.
AGUSTIN SCHIFFRIN
WENHUI DUAN
We aim to integrate our recently discovered soft 2D plasmonic nanomaterials with atomically thin electronic
materials into multifunctional nano
sheets for applications in wearable
electronics and smart chemical /
biological sensing devices.
A better understanding of
quantum systems could result
in a new generation of quantum devices. One could use
charge modulations or ‘stripes’
in 2D systems as a way of
encoding information.
The miniturisation of electromechanical devices will bring
a revolution to humanity in the
coming decades. The could
deliver a myriad of applications in
aerospace, automotive, defense
and biomedical industries.
WENLONG CHENG
MEERA PARISH
YU-LIN ZHONG
We use our polymer
engineering expertise to
look at the interaction of
atomically thin materials in
polymer composites.
GEORGE SIMON
Direct band gap semiconductors beyond graphene
such as molybdenum
disulphide are attractive for
novel device applications in
optoelectronics, valleytronics
and spintronics.
My vision is to construct
functional electronic devices at the atomic scale
that can help us understand the limits of miniturisation of next generation
chip components.
CHANGXI ZHENG
BENT WEBER
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Our Capabilities
Left: A Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) image of the as-synthesised ultra-light, ultra-flexible & conductive graphene sponge
Middle: An Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) image of exfoliated graphene imaged in non-contact mode
Right: A schematic diagram illustrating ions flow through two graphene layers
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Left: MoS2 - based sensor
Middle: Graphene supercapacitors
Right: 2nm thin graphene membrane
Our Capabilities
Our Capabilities
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Left: Dr. Hellerstedt looks into the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Middle: An AFM image of graphene film on sapphire
Right: Dr. Edmonds controls parameters to synthesise transition metal dichalcogenide thin films
RESEARCH SUPPORT & COLLABORATION
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Research Grants to ARC DECRA Fellows
7
Top up Scholarships to PhD Students
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Collaborative Grant Applications
7
Single CI Grants Awarded
54
Joint Research Publications
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Students Co-Supervised
Foster collaborations among MCATM
members and provide a highly
multidisciplinary environment to train
ECRs and HDR students.
Our Collaboration Network
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Research Support for
ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Yu-Lin Zhong
ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Yu-Lin Zhong completed The electrochemical synthesis process is expected
his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the National University to be cost-effective and highly beneficial to the
of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining the Materials selective growth of crystal phase, which will faciliScience & Engineering department at Monash tate the electrochemical intercalation and extraction
University, he was a research scientist at the Insti- of lithium ions. Ultimately, tuning of the electronic
tute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN, structure of the graphene scaffold can be achieved
A-STAR) after three years of postdoctoral training by functionalisation or doping to influence the
at Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute electrochemical activity of the cathode materials.
of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Zhong’s research focus is on developing
novel physicochemical methods and chemistry
to synthesise graphene/other 2D materials and
their nanohybrids with synergistic properties. The
MCATM research grant supports the development
of electrochemically-derived graphene-based
nanohybrids for next generation lithium ion batteries.
Schematic images of electrochemical expansion of
graphite by Li+ in propylene carbonate and tetra-n-butylammonium, Zhong, Y.-L., et. al. Curent Opinion in Colloid
& Interface Science, 2015, 20, 329-338.
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Research Support for
ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Changxi Zheng
ARC DECRA Fellow Dr. Changxi Zheng received his This project will, for the first time, deliver the direct
Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from Monash growth of in-plane heterostructure complexes. This
University. Prior to joining the Civil Engineering is achieved by firstly, large scale CVD graphene
department, he was a research fellow working are transferred on an ultraflat sapphire substrate,
with Prof. Michael Fuhrer on emerging 2D transition then, the graphene layer is patterned into periodic
metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).
ribbons as electrodes and finally, monolayer MoS2
or WS2 are selectively grown between graphene
Dr. Zheng’s research focus is developing novel ribbons using CVD.
2D materials and their applications in composite
materials for structural engineering. The MCATM
research grant supports the development of
in-plane graphene-(Mo,W)(S,Se)2 heterostucture
complexes using a self-developed novel chemical
vapour deposition technique.
The heterostructures can be applied to the development of novel 2D optoelectronics such as
photodectors, solar cells and light emitting diodes.
Optical microscope images of atomic layers of exfoliated MoS2, CVD WS2, exfoliated MoSe2, and exfoliated WSe2 samples. Scale bars are 5 μm except for
the MoS2 panel.
Zheng, C., et. al. Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (4), 25262532.
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Infrastructure Support
2D Materials Characterisation Platform
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY FACILITY - CHEMISTRY
MCATM co-funded the acquisition of a conductive Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and an
electrochemical AFM to combine with the existing Bio-AFM system in the Soft Materials and
Colloids Lab led by Dr. Rico Tabor. This upgrade allows the development of an advanced
capability in nano-resolved conductivity electrical and thermal mapping for 2D nanomaterials.
The scanning thermal microscopy can map the local thermal conductivity of a thin film or interface, ideally suited to studies of the thermal properties of 2D nanomaterials.
This research platform offers a complementary technique to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
while allowing measurements to be made in liquid systems. This will enable understanding of a
range of “wet” chemical processes such as:
• Ion conduction effects in electrode systems;
• Surfaces for enhanced electro-coalescence in energy applications;
• Interactions of nanomaterials with biological membranes.
Images arising from the AFM facility:
Top: Pseudo-2D organic nanocrystals.
Bottom left: Exfoliated graphene imaged in non-contact mode.
Bottom right: Reduced graphene oxide with in situ
grown silver nanoparticles.
This facilily has been beneficial to a range of projects including:
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New methods for 2D materials production, Dr. Dhanraj Shinde & A/Prof. Mainak Majumder
Adsorption and interfacial properties of 2D carbon nanomaterials, Thomas McCoy
Soft templating of 2D carbon nanomaterials for 3D structures, Matthew Pottage
Encapsulation and delivery using graphene oxide, Muthana Ali
Composite surface coatings from graphene oxide and celluloses, Ragesh Prathapan
Interaction of carbon nanomaterials with biomimetic membranes, Rajiv Thapa
Capture of metals from water using graphene oxide, Loughlin Turpin
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Top-Up Scholarships
Thomas McCoy
Jingying Liu
PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Rico Tabor
PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Qiaoliang Bao
Understanding and controlling aqueous dispersions of 2D carbon nanomaterials
Growth of hybrid nanomaterials and device applications
The propensity for graphene oxide (GO) sheets
to adsorb at interfaces such as the air-water or
oil-water is well known. However unlike typical
molecular surfactants, for which the self-assembly and interfacial properties are well described
by existing thermodynamics, the adsorption of
GO remains mostly undefined with behaviour
seemingly unlike that of ‘classical’ molecular surfactants leading to the formation of emulsions
with extraordinary stability.
Meeting the growing global energy demand is one of
the important challenges of the 21st century. Therefore,
perovskite based solar cell with high efficiency up to
20% is urgently needed.
2D perovskite for optoelectronics applications:
J. Liu, et. al. ACS Nano 2016, DOI: 10.1021/
acsnano.5b07791
This project aims to create new models to describe the behavior of these effectively 2-dimensional carbon sheets at interfaces so that a fundamental understanding of the thermodynamics
of GO as a stabiliser is gained. Such findings will
provide new opportunities for the development
of ‘smart’ colloidal materials, which may include
emulsions with enhanced properties for the purposes of oil processing and energy storage.
To achieve these outcomes, the fundamental
aspects of GO adsorption at interfaces will need
to be addressed by examining the adsorption of
GO at a model air-water and oil-water interface
and determining the forces involved in droplet
formation as well as the dynamics of the resulting emulsion. The effects of particle size, oxidation state, pH, salt concentration, oil and surface
history will be assessed in order to understand
interfacial adsorption, kinetics and thermodynamics.
This project proposed to develop an alternative approach, which could essentially lead to the mass production of cost-efficient solar panels based on perovskite
solar cells. We will take advantage of the coupling between perovskite and other two dimensional (2D) materials and combine their characteristics to develop a novel
perovskite-based optical platform.
Recently, organic-based lead halide perovskites have
received much attention for their high performance. They
exhibit not only a high optical absorption coefficient and
long electron/hole diffusion lengths, which are advantageous for solar cells, but also good optical and electrical
transport properties, making them suitable for other opto-electronic devices (FET, LED, photodetectors). However, the generation of defects and grain boundaries in
three-dimensional (3D) perovskite is unavoidable during
the fabrication process, thereby reducing the quality of
the film.
Magnetic nanoparticles on graphene oxide sheets:
T. McCoy, et. al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
2015, 7, 2124-2133
Hence, the synthesis of 2D lead halide hybrid perovskite
and exploration of related applications in optoelectronics
is of fundamental importance for improving the properties of perovskite and the performance of perovskitebased devices.
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Top-Up Scholarships
Ziyu Wang
Huiyuan Liu
PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Qiaoliang Bao
PhD Candidate, supervised by A/Prof. Xiwang Zhang
Light-matter interactions in low-dimensional nanomaterials
Graphene-based membranes for gas separation
Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide
(rGO) have been used as building blocks to produce
ultrathin and highly selective gas separation membranes
with thicknesses as low as 1.8 nm. However, the permeability to H2 of these extremely thin membranes was
still at the same level as conventional microporous membranes due to stacked graphene layers.
On the basis of unique crystalline structure, diverse
electronic properties and extraordinary properties,
low dimensional (1D and 2D) nanomaterials offer a
great platform for investigate the interactions with
electrons, photons and phonons.
Over last decade, 1D semiconductors have been
successfully demonstrated to be effective building
blocks in miniaturised optic and photonic applications plus 2D materials such as graphene, Transition
metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and hBN promise to
be next generation ultrathin and efficient electronic
and photonic devices.
Freestanding graphene-based membranes. H. Liu,
et. al. Advanced Materials 2015, 27 (2), 249-254
In this regard, this project aims to increase the permeability of graphene-based membranes but without sacrificing the membrane selectivity by the growth of ultrathin
Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) nanosheets into the
graphene interlayers.
The key concept is to open the graphene interlayer
transport channels for selected molecules by the intercalation of highly porous MOF nanosheets. The prepared hybrid membrane is expected to benefit from the
flexibility and robustness of the graphene platform and
the high permeability of the interlayer MOF structure.
Hence, the main purpose of this proposal is to (1)
use optical platforms to further explore the fundamental understanding of the interactions between
low dimensional emerging materials (such asperovskite and TMDs) with photons and (2) further
design the novel optoelectronic devices based on
all above materials.
This project is multidisciplinary with extensive collaboration among researchers in materials science,
chemistry and physics.
Cross section view of electrical field distribution in the
perovskite-based EOM device, Z. Wang et. al. Nanoscale, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/ C5NR06262D
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Top-Up Scholarships
Sam Martin
Chinmay Sonawane
Yanming Liu
PhD Candidate, supervised by A/Prof. Mainak PhD Candidate, supervised by Prof. Raman Singh PhD Candidate, supervised by Dr. Changxi Zhang
Majumder
& Dr. Santosh Panjikar (Australian Synchrotron)
and Prof. Wenhui Duan
Iontronics using Graphene Oxide
The objectives of my project are to investigate the
nanofluidics properties of graphene oxide and to
leverage them to develop ion based electronic
like components known as iontronics.
Due to the vast difference in mobilities between
an electron in a metal and an ion in solution on
surface value iontronics may not appear to have
much to offer in terms of power or computing.
However manipulation of chemical signals within
an liquid through convective, electric and diffusive ‘forces’ is of enormous importance in nature,
which in turn quite often is capable of outperforming man-made electronics.
This project utilises a ‘clean room free’ approach
to thin film fabrication and characterise them to
elucidate how one might go about designing better, simpler nanofluidics systems and iontronic
components.
Graphene for Sensor Applications
Unveiling 5 nm C-S-H nanostructures in pore solutions: a missing link from cement hydration to
This project aims to take advantage of graphene’s concrete engineering properties
conductivity properties and suitable functionalisation for versatile sensor application. Thorough Cement hydration contains various complex reacliterature review has been initiated to identify the tions and is essential to the study of the mechanifocused objective of the project.
cal properties of cement and concrete. In order
to achieve a further understanding, resolving the
It is planned that the functionalised graphene ox- elusive nanostructures of cement has become
ide (GO) exfoliates will be either produced by the necessary.
modified Hummer’s method or purchased if those
with suitable functionalities were available.
In this project, two dimensional materials such as
graphene and graphene oxide will be used to fabIncorporation of different functional groups includ- ricate a conductive and water-sealed liquid cell
ing proteins onto GO and immobilisation will be which will be put into several microscopes to obcharacterised using several techniques, in partic- serve the nano-sized feature in-situ dynamically.
ular synchrotron radiation for interogation of proteins.
Both the scanning electron microscopy and transmit electron microscopy will be used to observe
the sample for different purposes. Meanwhile,
liquid atomic force microscopy and scanning ion
conductance microscopy will also be used to get
the morphological data of cement surface in liquid
to assist us understanding the liquid cell study.
(a) SEM image of plain paste
showing a straight-through type
crack (arrow).
(b) SEM image of graphene oxide
– cement composite showing a
number of fine cracks (arrows) with
few branches.
Cement & Concrete Composites,
2015, 58, 140-147
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 2 2
Joint Publications
in 2D Materials Research
Cai, X., Suess, R.J., Drew, H.D., Murphy, T.E., Yan,
J., Fuhrer, M., Pulsed near-IR photoresponse in a bimetal contacted graphene photodetector, Scientific
Reports, 2015, 5, 1-7
Chen, C., Qiao, H., Xue, Y., Yu, W., Song, J., Lu, Y.,
Li, S., Bao, Q., Growth of large-area atomically thin
MoS2 film via ambient pressure chemical vapor deposition, Photonics Research 2015, 3 (4), 110-114
Cai, X., Sushkov, A.B., Jadidi, M.M., Nyakiti, L.O.,
Myers-Ward, R.L., Gaskill, D.K., Murphy, T.E., Fuhrer,
M., Drew, H.D., Plasmon-enhanced terahertz photodetection in graphene, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (7),
4295-4302
Chen, S.-Y., Zheng, C., Fuhrer, M., Yan, J., HelicityResolved Raman Scattering of MoS2, MoSe2, WS2,
and WSe2 Atomic Layers, Nano Letters, 2015, 15
(4), 2526-2532
Cervenka, J., Budi, A., Dontschuk, N., Stacey, A.,
Tadich, A., Rietwyk, K.J., Schenk, A., Edmonds,
M.T., Yin, Y., Medhekar, N., Kalbac, M., Pakes, C.I.,
Graphene field effect transistor as a probe of electronic structure and charge transfer at organic molecule-graphene interfaces, Nanoscale, 2015, 7 (4),
1471-1478
Cochrane, K. A., Schiffrin, A., Roussy, T.S., Capsoni, M., S.A. Burke, S. A., Pronounced polarizationinduced energy level shifts at boundaries of organic
semiconductor nanostructures, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 8312
Edmonds, M.T., Tadich, A., Carvalho, A., Ziletti, A.,
O’Donnell, K.M., Koenig, S.P., Coker, D.F., Ozyilmaz, B., Castro Neto, A.H., Fuhrer, M. S., Creating
a Stable Oxide at the Surface of Black Phosphorus,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7 (27),
14557–14562
Edmonds, M.T., Willems van Beveren, L.H., Klochan,
O., Cervenka, J., Ganesan, K., Prawer, S., Ley, L.F.,
Hamilton, A.R., Pakes, C.I., Spin-orbit interaction in a
two-dimensional hole gas at the surface of hydrogenated diamond, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (1), 16-20
Fraser, S., Zheng, X., Qiu, L., Li, D., Jia, B., Enhanced optical nonlinearities of hybrid graphene
oxide films functionalized with gold nanoparticles, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (3), 1-4
Dontschuk, N., Stacey, A., Tadich, A., Rietwyk, K.J.,
Schenk, A., Edmonds, M.T., Shimoni, O., Pakes,
C.I., Prawer, S., Cervenka, J., A graphene field-effect Gong, K., Pan, Z., Habibnejad Korayem, A., Qiu, L.,
transistor as a molecule-specific probe of DNA nuChakraborty Banerjee, P., Lobo, D.E., Middag, R.,
Li, D., Collins, F.G., Wang, C.M., Duan, W., Reinforccleobases, Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 6563 ing effects of graphene oxide on Portland cement
Ng, W.K., Emadishaibani, M., Majumder, M., Electrochemical capacitance of Ni-doped metal organic
paste, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2015,
framework and reduced graphene oxide composites: Dumee, L., He, L., Wang, Z., Sheath, P.A., Xiong, J., 27 (2), 1-6
More than the sum of its parts, ACS Applied Materi- Feng, C., Tan, M.Y., She, M.F., Duke, M.C., Gray,
S.R., Pacheco, A., Hodgson, P.D., Majumder, M.,
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House, M. G., Kobayashi,T., Weber, B., Hile, S. J.,
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Liu, Z., Tuning the oxygen functional groups in requantum dots, Nature Communications, 2015, 6,
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tromechanical actuation, RSC Advances: An Inter*MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publicanational Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences,
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Joint Publications
in 2D Materials Research
Huang, W., Wu, Y., Qiu, L., Dong, C., Ding, J., Li, D.,
Tuning rheological performance of silica concentrated
shear thickening fluid by using graphene oxide, Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2015, 1-7
Jadidi, M.M., Sushkov, A.B., Myers-Ward, R.L.,
Boyd, A.K., Daniels, K.M., Gaskill, D.K., Fuhrer, M.,
Drew, H.D., Murphy, T.E., Tunable terahertz hybrid
metal-graphene plasmons, Nano Letters, 2015, 15
(10), 7099-7104.
Khare, R.T., Shinde, D., Bansode, S.R., More, M.A.,
Majumder, M., Pillai, V.K., Late, D.J., Graphene nanoribbons as prospective field emitter, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 106 (2), 1-5
Lobo, D.E., Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Easton, C.D.,
Majumder, M., Miniaturized supercapacitors: Focused ion beam reduced graphene oxide supercapacitors with enhanced perfomance metrics Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (19), 1-10
Pan, Z., He, L., Qiu, L., Habibnejad Korayem, A., Li,
G., Zhu, J., Collins, F.G., Li, D., Duan, W., Wang,
C.M., Mechanical properties and microstructure of
a graphene oxide-cement composite, Cement and
Concrete Composites, 2015, 58, 140-147
McCoy, T.M., Brown, P., Eastoe, J., Tabor, R.F.,
Noncovalent magnetic control and reversible recovery of graphene oxide using iron oxide and magnetic
surfactants, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
2015, 7 (3), 2124-2133
Qiao, H., Yuan, J., Xu, Z., Chen, C., Lin, S., Wang,
Y., Song, J., Liu, Y., Khan, Q., Hoh, H., Pan, C., Li,
S., Bao, Q., Broadband photodetectors based on
graphene- Bi2Te3 heterostructure, ACS Nano, 2015,
9 (2), 1886-1894
Meng, N., Wang, Z., Low, Z.X., Zhang, Y., Wang,
H., Zhang, X., Impact of trace graphene oxide in
coagulation bath on morphology and performance of
polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane, Separation and
Purification Technology, 2015, 147, 364-371
Song, J., Xia, F., Zhao, M., Zhong, Y.L., Li, ., Loh,
K., Caruso, R.A., Bao, Q., Solvothermal growth of
bismuth chalcogenide nanoplatelets by the oriented
attachment mechanism: an in situ PXRD study,
Chemistry Of Materials, 2015, 27 (9), 3471-3482
Levinsen, J.F., Massignan, P., Bruun, G.M., Parish,
M.M., Strong-coupling ansatz for the one-dimensional Fermi gas in a harmonic potential, Science AdMohammed, A.A., Sanjayan, J.G., Duan, W., Nazari,
vances, 2015, 1 (6), 1-11
A., Incorporating graphene oxide in cement composites: A study of transport properties, Construction
Liu, H., Wang, H., Zhang, X., Facile fabrication of
and Building Materials, 2015, 84, 341-347
freestanding ultrathin reduced graphene oxide membranes for water purification, Advanced Materials,
Mu, H., Wang, Z., Yuan, J., Xiao, S., Chen, C.,
2015, 27 (2) 249-254
Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Song, J., Wang, Y., Xue, Y.,
Zhang, H., Bao, Q., Graphene-Bi2Te3 Heterostructure
*MCATM Researchers underlined. Multi-Institute joint publica- as Saturable Absorber for Short Pulse Generation,
tions are shown in blue.
ACS Photonics, 2015, 2 (7), 832-841
Syers, P., Kim, D., Fuhrer, M., Paglione, J., Tuning
bulk and surface conduction in the proposed topological Kondo insulator SmB6, Physical Review Letters, 2015, 114 (9), 1-5
Thekkekara, L.V., Jia, B., Zhang, Y., Qiu, L., Li, D.,
Gu, M., On-chip energy storage integrated with solar
cells using a laser scribed graphene oxide film, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (3), 1-3
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Joint Publications
in 2D Materials Research
Wan, J., Bao, W., Liu, Y., Dai, J., Shen, F., Zhou, L.,
Cai, X., Urban, D., Li, Y., Jungjohann, K., Fuhrer, M.,
Hu, L., In situ investigations of Li-MoS2 with planar
batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5 (5),
1-7
Wang, Y., Xiao, S., Cai, X., Bao, W., Reutt-Robey,
J., Fuhrer, M., Plasmon resonances of highly doped
two-dimensional MoS2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (22),
883-890
Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, Y., Xu, W., Mu, H., Chen,
Wang, Y., Cai, X., Reutt-Robey, J., Fuhrer, M.,
C., Qiao, H., Song, J., Li, S., Sun, B., Cheng, Y.-B.,
Neutral-current Hall effects in disordered graphene,
Bao, Q., Hybrid Graphene-Perovskite PhototransisPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials tors with Ultrahigh Responsivity and Gain, Advanced
Physics, 2015, 92 (16), 161411
Optical Materials, 2015, 3 (10), 1389-1396
Wang, Y., Chen, C., Fang, X., Li, Z., Qiao, H., Sun,
B., Bao, Q., Top-grid monolayer graphene/Si Schottkey solar cell, Journal Of Solid State Chemistry,
2015, 224, 102-106
Watson, T.F., Weber, B., Buch, H., Fuechsle, M.
Simmons, M.Y., Charge sensing of a few-donor
double quantum dot in silicon, Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 107 (23), 233511
Wang, Y., Chen, S., Qiu, L., Wang, K., Wang, H., Simon, G.P., Li, D., Graphene-directed supramolecular
assembly of multifunctional polymer hydrogel membranes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (1),
126-133
Watson, T.F., Weber, B., House, M. G., Buch, H.,
Simmons, M.Y., High-Fidelity Rapid Initialization and
Read-Out of an Electron Spin via the Single Donor
D− Charge State, Physical Review Letters, 2015,
115 (16), 166806
Wang, Y., Ou, J.Z., Chrimes, A.F., Carey, B., Daeneke, T.J., Alsaif, M.M., Mortazavi Ghazvini, M.S.A.,
Zhuiykov, S., Medhekar, N., Bhaskaran, M., Friend,
J.R., Strano, M.S., Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Electronic
transport properties of Ir-decorated graphene, Scientific Reports, 2015, 5, 1-6
Wei, J., Hu, Y., Liang, Y., Kong, B., Zhang, J., Song,
J., Bao, Q., Simon, G.P., Jiang, S., Wang, H., Nitrogen doped nanoporous carbon/graphene nanosandwiches: Synthesis and application for efficient
oxygen reduction, Advanced Functional Materials,
2015, 25, 5768-5777
Wei, J., Hu, Y., Wu, Z.W., Liang, Y., Leong, S.K.,
Kong, B., Zhang, X., Zhao, D., Simon, G.P., Wang,
H., A graphene-directed assembly route to hierarchically porous Co-Nx/C catalysts for high performance
oxygen reduction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
2015, 3 (32), 16867-16873.
Xiang, F.-X., Wang, X.-L., Veldhorse, M., Dou, S.-X.,
Fuhrer, M., Observation of topological transition of
Fermi surface from a spindle torus to a torus in bulk
Rashba spin-split BiTeCl, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2015, 92,
035123
Xu, K., Wang, K., Zhao, W., Bao, W., Liu, E., Ren, Y.,
Wang, M., Fu, Y., Zeng, J., Li, Z., Zhou, W., Song,
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Q., Synthesis and transfer of large-area monolayer
WS2 crystals: Moving toward the recyclable use of
sapphire substrates, ACS Nano, 2015, 9 (6), 61786187
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in 2D Materials Research
Yamamoto, M., Dutta, S., Aikawa, S., Nakaharai, S.,
Wakabayashi, K., Fuhrer, M., Ueno, K., Tsukagoshi,
K., Self-limiting layer-by-layer oxidation of atomically
thin WSe2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (3), 2067-2073
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two-dimensional Bi2TexSe3-x platelets produced by
solvothermal method, Materials, 2015, 8 (8), 50075017
Zheng, X., Jia, B., Lin, H., Qiu, L., Li, D., Gu, M.,
Highly efficient and ultra-broadband graphene oxide
ultrathin lenses with three-dimensional subwavelength focusing, Nature Communications, 2015, 6,
8433
Zhong, Y.L., Tian, Z., Simon, G.P., Li, D., Scalable
production of graphene via wet chemistry: progress
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Zhong, Z., Yao, J., Chen, R., Low, Z.X., He, M., Liu,
Z., Wang, H., Oriented two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework-L membranes and their gas permeation properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
2015, 3 (30), 15715-15722
Zubir, N., Yacou, C., Motuzas, J., Zhang, X., Zhao,
G.X.S., Diniz da Costa, J.C., The sacrificial role of
graphene oxide in stabilising a Fenton-like catalyst
GO-Fe3O4, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51
(45), 9291-9293
Zeng, M.X., McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Zhang, X.,
Silver/Reduced graphene oxide hydrogel as novel
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Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25 (27), 4344- tions are shown in blue.
4351
Zheng, C., Xu, Z.-Q., Zhang, Q., Edmonds, M.T.,
Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Bao, Q., Fuhrer, M.,
Profound effect of substrate hydroxylation and hydration on electronic and optical properties of monolayer
MoS2, Nano Letters, 2015, 15 (5), 3096-3102
PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
1
International Research Conference
1
Graphene Industry Engagement Event
11
Multi-Institute Collaborative Grant
Applications
48
Multi-Institute Joint Publications
Facilitate research collaborations
external partners and industry.
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 2 7
Industry Engagement Event
MCATM co-hosted its first industry engagement
event on Graphene for High-Tech Manufacturing on 27 August. As one of four events in
the Monash Engineering Industry Night series,
the New Horizons Collaboration Lounge welcomed 124 guests. Among which, 48% was
from industry and 6% was from other research
organisations. Attendee demographics are illustrated in the below figure.
Prof. Michael Fuhrer, MCATM director, presented
MCATM capabilities and how the Centre capitalises on the graphene revolution. Prof. Dan Li,
MCATM co-Director, gave an overview on the
Graphite to Graphene products value chain.
A/Prof. Mainak Majumder presented a case
study on the successful industry-academia collaboration that resulted in the establishment of a
new company, Ionic Industries.
The night highlighted capabilities in 2-dimensional materials research at Monash and op- Dr. Rico Tabor shared his experience with graportunities for industry to co-develop graphene phene R & D through an industry-fused PhD
technologies into high-tech applications.
program and the Deputy Dean of Engineering,
Prof. George Simon, provided an overview of
The first half of the event included presentations Engineering research capabilities.
from Monash researchers, followed by a panel
discussion on graphene market potentials and Ms Clare Meeker, FoE Industry Portfolio Manfinished off with material demonstrations and ager, finished off the formal presentations with
poster presentations.
models of industry-research collaboration and
government funding schemes.
Separation
Aerospace
Science
3%
Chemicals
5%
12%
Sensors
Coatings
3%
Polymers
5%
Pharmaceu16%
ticals
Manufacturing
2% Food
16%
2%
Energy
Electronics
5%
23%
Tech
Transfer
8%
The industry discussion panel was very well
received with many interesting questions from
the audience. The panel consisted of Mr. Mark
Muzzin, CEO of Ionic Industries; Mr. Dave GilesKaye, Head of sales and IP licensing at Imagine
Intelligent Materials and Mr. Chris Darby, CEO of
Valence Industries, an Australian graphite mining
company.
More than 30 students and staff from Science
and Engineering were involved in the material
and technology demonstrations and presentations of 29 posters that focused on Monash
innovations and how industry partners can get
involved.
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 2 8
International
Research Conference
The 7th International Conference on Recent Progress in Graphene and Two-dimensional Materials Research (RPGR2015 – rpgr.physics.monash.edu.au) was held in
Lorne, Victoria on 25-29 October 2015. RPGR has become the premier conference focused on graphene and other novel two-dimensional materials in the Asia-Pacific region,
and it was the first time that RPGR was held in Australia.
Organised by MCATM, RPGR2015 reflected the rapidly growing field of two-dimensional
materials, covering graphene and graphene oxide as well as new materials phosphorene,
transition metal dichalcogenides, layered oxides, silicene, germanene and topological
insulators. The number of presentations in each topic is illustrated in the figure below.
The 4-day technical program discussed the electrical, optical, mechanical, chemical,
thermal, and other properties of these novel materials, as well as wide-ranging applications from optoelectronic devices to biomedical implants and water filtration.
Transition-Metal
Dichalcogenides,
23, 12%
Discussion Topics
Boron Nitride, 7, 4%
Topological
Insulators, 5, 2%
Visits to RPGR2015 webpage
239
Delegates from 24 countries
89
Oral presentations
112
Poster presentations
Other 2D Materials,
34, 18%
Heterostructures, 4,
2%
20,471
Graphene Oxide, 32,
17%
Graphene, 87, 45%
$37,150
External sponsorships
32
Number of MCATM members supported
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 2 9
RPGR
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 3 0
Monash Centre for
Atomically Thin Materials
MCATM SEMINAR
Graphene Synthesis and Devices
Professor James Tour
Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology
Rice University, USA
Abstract: An in-depth look at numerous methods to make graphene, ranging from single-crystal sheets that grown in precise hexagonal arrays to growth of graphene in air
at room temperature using lasers, and 2- and 3-D hybrid graphene nanotube structures. Use of the graphene materials in composites will be discussed. Many of the
devices made and their transitions to industry will be shown. These devices include fuel
cells, water splitting, batteries and supercapacitors.
Professor James Tour from the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale &
Nanotechnology, Rice University, USA visited Monash University
on 19 November 2015 during his trip to Australia.
In addition to giving a MCATM Seminar at Monash on “Graphene
Synthesis and Devices”, he also met with Profs. Michael Fuhrer,
Dan Li, George Simon, A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and Dr. Jacek
Jasieniak.
About the Speaker: James M. Tour is the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry,
Professor of Computer Science, and Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. Some
of Tour’s scientific research areas include nanoelectronics, graphene electronics,
silicon oxide electronics, carbon nanovectors for medical applications, green carbon
research for enhanced oil recovery and environmentally friendly oil and gas extraction,
graphene photovoltaics, carbon supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries. He has also
developed strategies for retarding chemical terrorist attacks.
Tour has over 550 research publications, 75 patents and an H-index of 107. Tour was
named among “The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today” by TheBestSchools.org in 2014 and listed in “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” by
Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch.com in 2014.
Date:
Venue:
Thursday 19 November 2015 – 10:00AM
Theatre E7, Engineering 72, 14 Alliance Lane
Monash University, Clayton
Info: Tich-Lam.Nguyen@monash.edu
monash.edu/mcatm
MCATM
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MCATM Officially Launched 26 Oct 2015
A snapshot of the Media Release:
The first collaborative Centre of its kind in the Southern
Hemisphere, connecting atomically thin materials research
excellence, design and industry, launches today at Monash
University. MCATM offers new opportunities for boosting
Australian manufacturing industries.
Nobel Laureate Sir Konstantin Novoselov from the
School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester (UK), who, with Andrew Geim, first isolated graphene from graphite using sticky tape, welcomed the new
centre.
“It’s great that Monash University is leading
the way in the Southern Hemisphere in
developing this new collaborative centre for
focused research and development of atomically
thin materials like graphene. It’s critical that
research institutions and industries across the
world invest in this growth area which has
huge economic impact and the potential to
solve many of the world’s pressing problems.”
SIR KONSTANTIN NOVOSELOV
Note: Links to the above articles are listed on Page 34.
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 3 3
Nobel Laureate Konstantin Novoselov
Public Lecture “Materials in Flatland”
Monash University 26 Oct 2015
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 3 4
MCATM in the Media
DATE
SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
WEB LINK
17 Feb
The Australian - News
Dr. Rico Tabor & PhD student Thomas
McCoy demonstrated their graphene
oxide magnetic filtration device.
http://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/308249/Monash-Universitystudents-tap-miracle-carbon-to-cleanse-water-_-The-Australian.pdf
16 May
ABC Radio National The
Science Show
Prof. Michael Fuhrer interviewed with
Robyn Williams on graphene and
MCATM
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/graphene---part-ofthe-age-of-new-materials/6473494
28 Jul
The Australian - Business
Review
Featuring the joint venture between A/
Prof. Mainak Majumder and his industry
partner, Ionic Industries
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/monash-in-mobiledevice-battery-breakthrough/story-e6frg9df-1227459245433
26 Oct
The Australian - National
Affairs
Article by journalist Andrew Trouson
following the Launch of MCATM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/latest/australias-rd-model-brokenbeyond-repair/story-e6frg90f-1227582475443
26 Oct
Australian Manufacturing
MCATM was metioned by one of
Australia’s online magazines, dedicated
as a user-generated resource for the
Manufacturing industry.
http://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/33242/the-monash-centre-foratomically-thin-materials-officially-launches
26 Oct
Investor Intel
For Investors
MCATM was metioned by Investor
Intel, an online source of independent
investor information.
http://investorintel.com/technology-metals-press/new-centre-for-innovativematerials-research-and-design-launches/
26 Oct
Industry Update
Manufacturing Magazine &
Directories
MCATM was metioned by Australia’s
magazine and directory for electrical,
industrial and manufacturing suppliers.
http://www.industryupdate.com.au/article/centre-innovative-materials-researchand-design-launched
29 Oct
Hot Copper
Australian Stock Market &
Politics Forum
MCATM was metioned by one of
Australia’s free independent stock
market trading forum for ASX investors.
http://hotcopper.com.au/threads/monash-leading-the-way.2627054/#.
VlPnFGQrKX0
31 Oct
The Age - Innovation
Fairfax Journalist Hannah Francis
interview with Nobel Laureate Novoselov
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/innovation/kostya-novoselov-father-ofgraphene-20151027-gkkda3
M C AT M 2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T | 3 5
MCATM Members in the News
DATE
SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
WEB LINK
28 Jul
The Australian Business
Review
A joint venture between A/Prof. Mainak
Majumder and his industry partner,
Ionic Industries, was featured on The
Australian Business Review
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/monash-makes-batterybreakthrough/news-story/860f1b3053b77e1acfcacbe02897c348
22 Sep
Swinburne University Media
Centre
Featuring the Nature Communications
article by Dan Li and collaborators
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/media-centre/news/2015/09/ultrathin-lens-couldrevolutionise-next-gen-devices.html
05 Nov
Australian Research Council
A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and his team
in the Monash NanoScale Science and
Engineering Laboratory were highlighted
for their long term research collaboration
with a publicly owned mining company,
Strategic Energy Resources Ltd.
http://www.arc.gov.au/news-media/news/arc-annual-report-2014-15
05 Nov
Australian Government
Department of Education and
Training
Mr. Samuel Martin, co-supervised by
A/Prof. Mainak Majumder and A/Prof.
Adrian Neild was awarded one of the
Department of Education and Training’s
2016 Endeavour Fellowships.
https://internationaleducation.gov.au/endeavour%20program/scholarships-andfellowships/alumni/pages/default.aspx
10 Nov
Australian Institute of Policy
and Science
Dr. Qiaoliang Bao was one of four
Monash researchers who won the 2015
Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science
Award
http://monash.edu/news/show/top-honours-for-budding-scientists
16 Dec
Australian Research Council
Dr. Agustin Shiffrin and Dr. Qiaoliang
Bao received the 2016 ARC Future
Fellowship awards
http://monash.edu/news/show/monash-leads-the-way-in-australian-researchcouncil-future-fellowships
16 Dec
Thomson Reuters
MCATM Co-director Dan Li once again
made the list of Thomson Reuters’ 2015
Highly Cited Researchers.
http://hcr.stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com/#monash
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Our Presence @ Monash
MCATM and its weblink is listed under the infrastructure section
for the following Monash’s leading research capabilities:
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Energy
• Energy - related materials
• Nanomaterials
DATE
SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
WEB LINK
30 Jul
Monash Science Orbit
Introducing MCATM to Monash
http://theorbit.sci.monash.edu/science/introducing-the-monash-centre-foratomically-thin-materials
26 Aug
Monash The Insider
MCATM directors talked about the
significance of atomically thin materials
research
http://monash.edu/news/show/monash-establishes-world-class-research-centre
26 Oct
Monash The Insider
MCATM Launch
http://monash.edu/news/show/new-centre-for-innovative-materials-research-anddesign-launches
3 Sep
Monash Science Orbit
A report on MCATM’s graphene industry
engagement event
http://theorbit.sci.monash.edu/science/industry-engagement-graphene-for-hightech-manufacturing
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Our Presence Online
monash.edu/atomically-thin-materials
youtube.com/channel/UCFoR-orBR4-aCfVd8TCxOmA
facebook.com/MonashAtomicallyThinMaterials
Monash Centre for Atomically Thin Materials
Monash University
E: mcatm@monash.edu
W: monash.edu/mcatm