Research Activities

Carbon nanotubes
The University of Namur has a long research tradition in the carbon nanotubes field. This research focus on the synthesis, functionalization and characterization of carbon nanotubes. More precisely, the carbon nanotubes are grown by chemical vapor deposition technique and the actual researches focuses on the synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and their subsequent functionalization.
Graphene
Consisting in a two-dimensional hexagonal network of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms, graphene exhibits unprecedented features that could be exploited in multiple nanotechnological applications. Our research aims at the investigation of the synthesis of graphene, the tuning of its electronic properties by functionalization, etc., from both the theory and experiment sides.
2D materials
Our research aims at the investigation of the synthesis of 2D materials, in particular transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) materials as MoS2 and WS2. Another axis is the theoretical study of electronic properties of stacking of 2D material layers.