Tailoring graphene wetting properties towards applications
Mildred Quintana
Instituto de Física y Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud y Biomedicina,
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
The wettability of a solid surface is a parameter controlled by the chemical composition of the surface and its roughness. For supported graphene, a debate exists on its wetting properties. It is not clear if the extremely thinness, homogeneity, and chemical inertness of supported monolayer graphene offer wetting transparency. Additionally, graphene possesses a unique combination of high specific surface area, chemical stability, mechanical strength, flexibility, high electrical and thermal conductivity, tunable band gap, and optical transparency. This exceptional combination of attributes makes graphene a very promising material for the development of electrodes, self-cleaning surfaces, anti-icing, anti-age, and anticorrosion coatings. Here, I will disccused the wetting properties of graphene followed by our and others recent efforts towards tailoring the wettability of the carbon material for its inclusion in advaced applications.
