Abstract:
Graphene, a flat monoatomic layer of carbon atoms tightly packed in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, has recently attracted the attention of the research community due to its novel mechanical, thermal, chemical, electronic and optical properties. Since its first isolation by the Nobel laureates Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov back in 2004, graphene has given rise to a plethora of potential applications in fields ranging from ultra high-speed transistors, flexible displays to transparent solar cells, attracting, as a result, multimillion dollar research funding. Such figures are expected to further increase as Asian, American and European funding agencies are still increasing the incentives for the investigation of such promising material. In this talk, we will introduce a set of interesting graphene applications, to then focus on a new avenue of research: Graphene Wireless Chip-Scale Communications.

Speaker bio:
Albert Cabellos received a BSc (2001), MSc (2005) and PhD (2008) degree in Computer Science Engineering from the Technical University of Catalonia (www.upc.edu). In September 2005 he became an assistant professor of the Computer Architecture Department and in 2010 he joined the NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (http://www.n3cat.upc.edu) where he is the Scientific Director. He is an editor of the Elsevier Journal on Nano Computer Network and Computer Networks and founder of the LISPmob opensource initiative. He has been a visiting researcher at Cisco Systems and Agilent Technologies and a visiting professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).