Structural, mechanical and thermal properties of nanofoams

• Grant number: 16/02086-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2016
• End date: April 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Marcelo Augusto Ferreira
• 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

We intend to investigate, through reactive molecular dynamics simulations, the structural, mechanical and thermal properties of nanofoams composed of a mixture of graphene, graphene oxide and boron nitride.