Functionalization of 2D Materials and Their Applications

Dr. Waleed A. El-Said is currently an Associate Professor of Nanotechnology in the Chemistry Department at Assiut University in Egypt. At Assiut University he has established a lab on Nanobiotechnology. His research interests include the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and their fabrication. Nabil A. Abdel Ghany is a group leader (full research professor) in the Physical Chemistry Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Egypt. His research interests lie in electrochemistry, nanomaterials, corrosion protection, biomaterials, and energy production, conversion, and storage.

Part I: Synthesis of 2D materials
1. History and Current Status of 2D Materials
2. State-of-the-art design and fabrication approaches/methods of 2D materials nanopatterns
3. Recent advances in synthesis methods of mesoporous graphene and their composites
4. Design and synthesis of metal-Organic framework/graphene nanocomposites

Part II: Characterization and properties of 2D materials
5. Characterization of graphene analogues of 2D materials: challenges and opportunities
6. Functionalized hetero 2D materials-- optical, electronic, magnetic, mechanical properties
7. Computational modelling of 2D nanomaterials
8. Spin-orbit interaction and optospintronics in graphene and 2D materials
9. Anisotropic, phonon and optical properties of the 2D materials and their applications in surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy and photonic devices

Part III: Applications of functionalized 2D materials
10. Recent progress in functionalized 2D wearable and flexible nanosheets: fundamentals, synthesis, and their theoretical aspects for sensing applications: An Overview
11. Fundamentals of 2D materials for energy storage and production applications
12. Recent trends in functionalization of 2D nanomaterials as nanocontainers for capture and storage of CO2
13. Advances of 2D nanostructures-based membranes for water treatment and desalination, and radioactive pollutants removal
14. 2D materials-based scaffolds for cell-based chips and tissue engineering and their recent progress in medical applications
15. Functionalized 2D materials-based chemo/biosensors
16. Functionalized 2D materials for lab-to-fab applications