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…
Supercapacitors: A new source of power for electric cars?
Our paper “Supercapacitors: A new source of power for electric cars?” is now online on “Economic analysis and Policy” (Elsevier). Authors: Michael Horn , Jennifer MacLeod , Meinan Liu , Jeremy Webb , Nunzio Motta The paper is one of the fruits of the collaboration between QUT and SINANO (Chinese Academy of Science) in the frame of the…
NanoSea 2018 conference
Group photo – NanoSea 2018 – Carqueiranne
The 7th International conference NANO-structures and nanomaterials SElf-Assembly was successfully held in Carqueiranne (Provence) from 1st to 7th july 2018.
Our group presented and invited talk and an oral on the growth of graphene and 2D materials heterostructures.
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Advanced Materials publishes on selective optical sensing of volatile compounds
Nano-scale diagram of a plasmonic resonance sensor surface, showing fractal TiO2 particles on gold discs. Nanostructured metallic materials are known to exhibit unique plasmon resonance effects. In a paper just published by Advanced Materials, authored by the ANU Nanotechnology Research Laboratory team led by A/Prof. Antonio Tricoli in…
New Xe-Plasma Dual Beam funded by ARC
Prof Nunzio Motta is leading a team of investigators who was awarded by ARC a LIEF grant to purchase a Xe-plasma dual beam for advanced future materials which will be installed at QUT. Partner institutions: QUT, UQ, Griffith, Monash, UTS – ARC contribution: $1,1M$ – Total cost of the equipment: 2.3M$ This project aims to establish a…
NanoS-E3 School and Workshop
Following the successful NanoS-E3 schools and workshops in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2015 this 7th edition broadened the topics to 2D materials, batteries, supercapacitors and superconductors. With an impressive list of lecturers and keynote speakers, including several ARC Laureate Fellows, this well-established international meeting…
Book: Growing Graphene on Semiconductors
Edited by Nunzio Motta, Francesca Iacopi and Camilla Coletti. The book covers the latest research on graphene growth on semiconductors, both in ultrahigh vacuum and in a controlled atmosphere, with an in-depth discussion of the physics and thermodynamics of the process Includes contributions from historical groups working in graphene…
Cover: Nanotechnology 26 – August 2017
The cover is an EDX image of the patterned SiC substrate showing Ga contamination. In this paper we demonstrate that combining a protective silicon layer with FIB patterning implemented prior to graphene growth can significantly reduce the damage associated with FIB milling. Using this approach, we successfully achieved graphene growth…
Funding supercapacitors for electric cars
A new battery that can be charged in minutes and run for a lot longer is being developed by QUT Professor Nunzio Motta in collaboration with Professor Yeugang Zhang in a project funded by $250,000 grant from the Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Research Fund. Professor Motta, from QUT’s Science and Engineering…
Inverse photoemission funded by ARC
Dr Jennifer MacLeod has been awarded a DECRA project funded with $360,000 to build an inverse photoemission spectrometer. The aim of the project is to elucidate the electronic properties of molecular materials. In tandem with traditional photoemission, the spectrometer will measure the electronic structure of small molecules for organic…