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Overview

Claudia Backes is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has a research portfolio centered on materials science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry. Their work spans subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's research focuses prominently on topics such as:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Graphene research and applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Frequent publication venues where Claudia Backes has contributed include:

  • ACS Nano
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • 2D Materials
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

They have coauthored multiple papers with Kevin Synnatschke, Sebastian Grieger, Jonathan N. Coleman, Beata M. Szydłowska, and Georg S. Duesberg.

Notable recent publications authored or coauthored include:

  • Production and processing of graphene and related materials, 2020, 2D Materials
  • Mechanisms of Liquid-Phase Exfoliation for the Production of Graphene, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Effect of Surfactant Choice and Concentration on the Dimensions and Yield of Liquid-Phase-Exfoliated Nanosheets, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Production of Quasi-2D Platelets of Nonlayered Iron Pyrite (FeS2) by Liquid-Phase Exfoliation for High Performance Battery Electrodes, 2020, ACS Nano

Their work contributes to understanding and developing materials with potential applications in nanotechnology, energy storage, and sensor technologies. Collaboration across interdisciplinary fields is evident from the diverse topics and coauthor network.

Best Publications

  • Scalable production of large quantities of defect-free few-layer graphene by shear exfoliation in liquids

    Keith R. Paton;Eswaraiah Varrla;Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith

  • Liquid exfoliation of solvent-stabilized few-layer black phosphorus for applications beyond electronics

    Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Evie Doherty;Clotilde S Cucinotta

  • Sensitive, High-Strain, High-Rate Bodily Motion Sensors Based on Graphene–Rubber Composites

    Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Claudia Backes;Arlene O’Neill

  • Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites

    Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Gavin Ryan;Sebastian Barwich

  • Edge and confinement effects allow in situ measurement of size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets

    Claudia Backes;Ronan J. Smith;Niall McEvoy;Nina C. Berner

  • Guidelines for Exfoliation, Characterization and Processing of Layered Materials Produced by Liquid Exfoliation

    Claudia Backes;Claudia Backes;Thomas M. Higgins;Thomas M. Higgins;Adam Kelly;Conor Boland

  • All-printed thin-film transistors from networks of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets.

    Adam G. Kelly;Toby Hallam;Claudia Backes;Andrew Harvey

  • Large-Scale Production of Size-Controlled MoS2 Nanosheets by Shear Exfoliation

    Eswaraiah Varrla;Claudia Backes;Keith R. Paton;Andrew Harvey

  • 2D-Crystal-Based Functional Inks

    Francesco Bonaccorso;Antonino Bartolotta;Jonathan N. Coleman;Claudia Backes

  • Production of Highly Monolayer Enriched Dispersions of Liquid-Exfoliated Nanosheets by Liquid Cascade Centrifugation

    Claudia Backes;Beata M. Szydłowska;Andrew Harvey;Shengjun Yuan

  • Production and processing of graphene and related materials

    Claudia Backes;Claudia Backes;Amr M Abdelkader;Concepción Alonso;Amandine Andrieux-Ledier

  • Basal-Plane Functionalization of Chemically Exfoliated Molybdenum Disulfide by Diazonium Salts

    Kathrin C. Knirsch;Nina C. Berner;Hannah C. Nerl;Clotilde S. Cucinotta

  • Production of Molybdenum Trioxide Nanosheets by Liquid Exfoliation and Their Application in High-Performance Supercapacitors

    Damien Hanlon;Claudia Backes;Thomas M. Higgins;Marguerite Hughes

  • Turbulence-assisted shear exfoliation of graphene using household detergent and a kitchen blender.

    Eswaraiah Varrla;Keith R. Paton;Claudia Backes;Andrew Harvey

  • Mechanisms of Liquid-Phase Exfoliation for the Production of Graphene

    Zheling Li;Robert J Young;Robert J Young;Claudia Backes;Wen Zhao;Wen Zhao

  • Functionalization of liquid-exfoliated two-dimensional 2H-MoS2

    Claudia Backes;Nina C. Berner;Xin Chen;Paul Lafargue

  • Spectroscopic metrics allow in situ measurement of mean size and thickness of liquid-exfoliated few-layer graphene nanosheets

    Claudia Backes;Keith R. Paton;Damien Hanlon;Shengjun Yuan

  • Molecular chemistry approaches for tuning the properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

    Simone Bertolazzi;Marco Gobbi;Yuda Zhao;Claudia Backes

  • Functionalization of Two‐Dimensional MoS2: On the Reaction Between MoS2 and Organic Thiols

    Xin Chen;Nina C. Berner;Claudia Backes;Georg S. Duesberg

  • Preparation of Gallium Sulfide Nanosheets by Liquid Exfoliation and Their Application As Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts

    Andrew Harvey;Claudia Backes;Zahra Gholamvand;Damien Hanlon

  • Manipulating single-wall carbon nanotubes by chemical doping and charge transfer with perylene dyes

    Christian Ehli;Christian Oelsner;Dirk M. Guldi;Aurelio Mateo-Alonso;Aurelio Mateo-Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan N. Coleman
Jonathan N. Coleman Trinity College Dublin
Andreas Hirsch
Andreas Hirsch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Georg S. Duesberg
Georg S. Duesberg Bundeswehr University Munich
Frank Hauke
Frank Hauke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Valeria Nicolosi
Valeria Nicolosi Trinity College Dublin
Niall McEvoy
Niall McEvoy Trinity College Dublin
Jana Zaumseil
Jana Zaumseil Heidelberg University
John F. Donegan
John F. Donegan Trinity College Dublin
Yana Vaynzof
Yana Vaynzof TU Dresden
Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato University of Trieste

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