Graphene-based materials on the cancer world | Gil Gonçalves
Summary :
Carbon is one of the most abundant and versatile elements on the earth with a high variety of natural allotropic forms. Inspired by nature, the scientific community started to develop novel synthetic routes for the preparation of novel carbon nanomaterials. The run for development of novel carbon nanostructures started in 1985 with the discovery of fullerenes and culminated with the remarkable discovery of 2D graphene nanosheets, where the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics was attributed to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. Nowadays, Graphene is considered one of the most fascinating but also intriguing nanomaterial that has been explored for many diverse applications, including energy, environment, electronics among others. Graphene is a two-dimensional crystal with sp2 -hybridized carbon sheet which possesses remarkable optical, chemical, mechanical, and electronic properties. Indeed, it was realized that the control of graphene chemistry and structure offers a wide range of opportunities for the development of novel nanomaterials, including graphene oxide (GO), nano-GO, and graphene quantum dots (GQDs).
About Author :
Dr. Gil received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, with distinction, in 2012 at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). After obtaining a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship in 2016, he started working at the Institute of Material Science of Barcelona-High Council of Spanish Research (ICMAB-CSIC). Currently, he is working as Researcher at Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (TEMA, University of Aveiro). The main area of his research interests is focusing on the development of new carbon-based nanocomposite materials for environmental and healthcare applications. Dr. Gil has (co-)authored numerous scientific papers (h-index 20; > 2400 citations) and communications in national and international conferences and he is Editor of the Scientific Reports-Nature. ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002- 2302-9661.
