From Graphene to the Galactic: A Journey With Atomic Sheets
Super batteries, invisible cloaks, spacecrafts—new technologies using carbon could revolutionise these inventions. Atomic sheets, exemplified by graphene—a flat lattice of carbon atoms—are emerging as a one-stop solution for smart materials design. These atomic sheets could become the backbone of future electronics and quantum computing, paralleling the way silicon and other semiconductors transformed the appliances we use today. In this lecture, physicist Arindam Ghosh explored the role of graphene and similar materials in changing the technological landscapes we know today.
About the Physicist
Arindam Ghosh is a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. He is an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, has been a Visiting Research Fellow in Nanotechnology at the T J Watson Research Centre of IBM, and serves as a member on the Research Councils and adjunct professorships in numerous institutions in India. His research involves both fundamental and applied aspects of two-dimensional (2D) materials focusing on electrical transport and noise, light-matter interaction, and thermal management. He has received numerous prizes, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2012 and the Infosys Science Prize for Physical Sciences in 2020.