Properties of functionalized biphenylene membranes

• Grant number: 15/03155-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2015
• End date: May 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Jessé de Lacerda Paulino
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences, AP.CEPID

Abstract

In this project we intend to investigate, through classical molecular dynamics simulations, whether a bi-dimensional structure named biphenylene carbon, could work as an impermeable membrane, similarly to what was recently demonstrated to graphene (single layer graphite).