Molecular and Metal Complexes on Graphene
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2022) | Viewed by 453
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Graphene has been one of the most studied and celebrated materials in recent years. The massive research interest around it has led to a detailed understanding of its astounding properties, which have important repercussions in a wide range of application fields, including electronics, photonics, spintronics, and catalysis. Similar to many other two-dimensional materials, graphene has gained a prominent role in investigations focusing on the physics and chemistry of the surfaces; among a wide range of interesting aspects, graphene has been targeted as an excellent template for preparing molecular and metal complexes. The possibility of fine-tuning the electronic properties of graphene, e.g., by intercalation or functionalization, is of particular importance since it consequently affects the properties of the molecular overlayer on top of it. Moreover, the knowledge about the interaction between organic molecules and graphene is an essential ingredient in designing new molecular electronics devices, whose performances are driven by the interplay between the molecular complex and graphene. Therefore, a deepened understanding of the organization of molecular complexes on graphene is crucial, particularly for the development of technological, scalable applications.
This Special Issue aims to gather studies that consider novel metallic and molecular complexes on graphene from a surface science approach, exploring and revealing new aspects in the field of surface physics and chemistry and implications for their technological implementation. Thus, this Special Issue will offer an open access platform for contributions from researchers in the fields of surface science, energy chemistry, molecular electronics, and catalysis.
Dr. Bignardi Luca
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- preparation of novel molecular and metal complexes on graphene, investigated by surface science techniques
- graphene substrate for templating metal complex growth
- structure and properties of metal complexes on graphene
- computational studies and modeling of molecular and metal complexes on graphene
- preparation and features of self‐assembled molecular architectures on graphene
- metal complexes on graphene for molecular electronics
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