The new Createc Low-temperature STM capable of 4K measurements has been successfully installed by Createc in the new Scanning Probe Microscopy laboratory in M block. The system includes an SPM head directly mounted on a cryostat fitted to accept CreaTec flag-style sample holders (compatible with other manufacturers i.e. Omicron) with…
2024 Discovery Project “Janus” Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Quest for Novel Properties funded! Team: Prof Dmitri Golberg, Dr Konstantin Faershteyn, Dr Chao Zhang, Prof Nunzio Motta Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Prof Dr Arkady Krasheninnikov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Novel…
With an international team of researchers led by Prof. R.A.Fischer (TUM), we obtained a further increase of asymmetric supercapacitors’ energy density. The team synthesized a new graphene-based material with an Amine functionalized Metal-Organic Framework (MOF), successfully spacing the graphene layers and creating a hierarchical porous…
A collaborative research project involving QUT and Defence aims to develop a printable ultrathin layer of carbon to shield sensitive electronics from electromagnetic radiation.
QUT research team: Nunzio Motta, Jacob Coetzee, Soniya Yambem, Michael Horn and Fraser Williams
DST research team: Kamal Gupta, Sean Braidwood
As a result of an international collaboration spanning across four countries and three continents, we have been able to disclose the atomic structure of double grain boundaries in graphite. We categorized several grain boundary configurations as a function of the misorientation angle between the adjacent grains in HOPG. Molecular…
Palladium forms Ohmic contact on hydrogen-terminated diamond down to 4 K Kaijian Xing, Alexander Tsai, Sergey Rubanov, Daniel L. Creedon, Steve A. Yianni, Lei Zhang, Wei-Chang Hao, Jincheng Zhuang, Jeffrey C. McCallum, Christopher I. Pakes, and Dong-Chen Qi A hydrogen-terminated diamond (H-terminated diamond) surface supports a…
Ph.D. scholarship funded by the recently established Centre for Materials Science at QUT Supervisory team: Prof. Nunzio Motta, Dr. Dongchen Qi, Dr. Joseph Fernando Expected Starting date: June 2020. Eligibility: The candidate must have a physics/material science background and some experience in surface science and/or growth and…
Group-IV 2D materials beyond graphene on nonmetal substrates: Challenges, recent progress, and future perspectives Miriam Galbiati, Nunzio Motta, Maurizio De Crescenzi & Luca Camilli The family of two-dimensional materials has been expanding rapidly over the last few years. Within it, a special place is occupied by silicene, germanene…
Transfer‐Free Synthesis of Lateral Graphene–Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructures from Chemically Converted Epitaxial Graphene Jonathan Bradford, Mahnaz Shafiei, Jennifer MacLeod, Nunzio Motta The synthesis of lateral heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h‐BN) has attracted attention due to the ability to broadly…
Just appeared on Small! Hugo Hartl, Jennifer MacLeod, Anthony P. O’Mullane, Nunzio Motta, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov Abstract: Controlled modification of surfaces is one of the key pursuits of the nanoscience and nanotechnology fields, allowing for the fabrication of bespoke materials with targeted functionalities. However, many surface…
New Catapult Grant funded! Congratulations to Dr Deepak Dubal and his team! Deepak is the lead investigator on the project entitled “Empowering Waste: Transformation of Cotton-Waste into value-added Materials for Next Generation Battery Technology”, which was awarded funding of $64,084 in the most recent round of IFE Catapult…
Authors: Zelio Fusco, Mohsen Rahmani, Renheng Bo, Thanh Tran-Phu, Mark Lockrey, Nunzio Motta, Dragomir Neshev and Antonio Tricoli Title: High Temperature Large-Scale Self-Assembly of Highly Faceted Monocrystalline Au Metasurfaces. Journal: Advanced Functional materials (Accepted 5 Nov 2018) In this paper, we present first insights on…