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by Kal R. Sharma (Author)
Since the discovery of graphene as a distinct allotrope of carbon, with its potential to further increase the speed of microprocessors beyond 30 peta hertz, there has been a void in resources for students and practitioners-until now. This book provides information on the synthesis, characterization, application development, scaleup, stability analysis and structure property relations of graphene nanomaterials. Different methods of fabrication of graphenes are included, and the author discusses cost of production starting from capital costs, operating costs, and total optimal costs. These different processes to make graphene include: Roll to Roll Transfer Process, Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition, Atmospheric Plug Flow Reactor, APFR, Dispersion Using NMP, and numerous others. Sharma details the diffusion time calculations in intercalation, and exfoliation processes using both Fick and hyperbolic diffusion models.
Author Biography
Dr. Kal Renganathan Sharma, PE, received his BTech in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, in 1985 and MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He is the author of 13 books, 548 conference papers, 46 journal articles, 7 book chapters, 3 review articles, and 113 other presentations. He is a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society and serves as an adjunct professor at Houston Community College- Central, Lone Star College-North Harris, Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX and Texas Southern University, Houston, TX. He has instructed thousands of students in India and the United States. His works have been cited more than 240 times in refereed journals, and he has introduced four dimensionless groups and one statistical distribution into the literature and has served as a co-chair at nine conferences.
