Christina Graham

The objective of my PhD work was to design and develop transparent surfaces with advanced functionalities for optical and biological applications based on ultrathin materials. The functionalities include transparent electrodes and antimicrobial properties. The ultrathin thin materials include graphene, MoS2, and nanometre thick metals which can also be nanostructured. Through collaboration with different groups and leading companies (Corning Inc., ICMAB etc.) we demonstrated: 1. A novel and scalable technique to transfer 2D materials, such as graphene, MoS2 and nano-structured metals onto transparent flexible substrates at low temperatures 2. A minimally invasive method for increasing the electrical conductivity of graphene on transparent surfaces for transparent conducting applications 3. The use ultrathin metals and subsequent nanostructuring for increasing the antimicrobial activity of transparent surfaces for the display industry Skills: ultra-thin metals · Clean room · Graphene · Plasmonics · Thin Film Deposition · Nanofabrication · 2D materials · Flexible electronics · multifunctional surfaces

Integrated quantum-chemical calculations with molecular dynamics simulations to predict charge and energy transport phenomena in conjugated organic molecular materials.

Theoretical investigation of conjugated systems of technological interest in nanoelectronics and photonics. The methodology encompassed the use of density functional theory calculations for the evaluation of optical and electronic properties of organic nanorings. All calculations were performed using the Gaussian G09 program package