University of Groningen
Development and study of low-dimensional hybrid and nanocomposite materials based on layered nanostructures
Kouloumpis, Antonios
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Propositions / Stellingen
Accompanying the thesis
"Development and study of low-dimensional hybrid and nanocomposite materials based on layered nanostructures"
by Antonios Kouloumpis
1. The Langmuir-Blodgett technique can be used to modify graphene nanosheets and to fabricate hybrids that are more difficult or impossible to make by wet chemistry. [Chapter 2
of the thesis]
2. Buckminster fullerene and its derivatives can be successfully used as pillars for layered materials and add different properties to these hybrids. [Chapters 3 and 4 of the thesis] 3. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis and Langmuir-Schaefer technique are two facile and low-cost methods to synthesize fluorescent carbon dots and fabricate graphene-based transparent multilayers, respectively.[Chapter 5 of the thesis]
4. Langmuir-Blodgett assembly is an ideal technique for fabricating antimicrobial films based on 2D materials in terms of quality and output, for example only 1g of germanane is needed to cover a 100m2 area. [Chapter 6 of the thesis]
5. The Langmuir-Blodgett technique, although a century old, is still one of the preferred and most precise bottom-up methods because it poses very few limitations in the selection of molecules, nanomaterials, solvents and substrates.
6.My finest research ideas have collapsed after a brief literature search. 7. Sometimes the greatest motivation is the deadline.
9. I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second. [Joanne
Rowling]
10. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. [Steve Jobs] 11. It always seems impossible until it's done. [Nelson Mandela]
