Electrochemical Exfoliation of Graphene and Its Derivatives

Dr. Raju Khan is currently working as a Senior Principal Scientist & Professor at CSIR-Advanced Materials Processes and Research Institute, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, India. He completes his postdoc at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India as a Young Scientist, Visiting Scientist at the University of Texas & Sanantonio, UTSA, USA. He has been awarded a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and also awarded a reputed BOYSCAST Fellowship, Govt of India. He has more than 15 years of experience in electrochemistry to explore electrochemical properties of nanostructure to design and develop efficient biosensor devices for healthcare monitoring.  Mr. Neeraj Kumar is currently working as a PhD candidate (CSIR-Senior Research Fellow) under the supervision of Dr. Raju Khan at the Microfluidics and MEMS Centre, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal 462026, MP, India. His current research work focuses on the "Investigation of carbon nanomaterial-based composites for electrochemical biosensor applications". Mr. Mohd. Abubakar Sadique is currently working as a research scholar at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, India. He is working on a DST-SERB project entitled “Development of Rapid Electrochemical-Based Diagnostics for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.”. He has worked as a Senior Project Fellow at CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, on a mission-mode project, “Design and Fabrication of Microfluidic-Based Bio-Sensors for Biochemical Detection." His recent research includes the use of nanotechnology for healthcare applications.  Dr. Parihar is working as a DST Women Scientist B scheme at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal (462026), MP, India. She obtained her PhD fromthe Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, under the aegis of HBNI, Mumbai. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at CBME, IIT Delhi. At IITD, her research work was to enhance the osteoconductive properties of various implants made up of metals, ceramics, and polymers. She has been awarded GATE, CSIR-NET, DBT RA, and DST- WoS B fellowships. She has more than 8 years of research and teaching experience at various prestigious institutes. Her current research interests include the fabrication of biosensors for early diagnosis of cancer, infectious diseases, stem cell biology, tissue engineering, photodynamic therapy of cancer, receptor-mediated targeting of tumors, biosensors for early diagnosis of diseases, 3D cell culture, expression of receptors and cytokines, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, immunoinformatics, and codon usage bias.

• 1. Overview of electrochemical exfoliation approaches.- 2. Advantages of electrochemical exfoliation method over conventional methods.- 3. Graphene and its derivatives: various routes of synthesis.- 4. Structure and electrochemical properties of graphene, derivatives and its nanocomposites.- 5. Electrochemical exfoliation a green approach: Waste to wealth.- 6. Mechanism of synthesis for graphene and its derivatives by electrochemical exfoliation.- 7. Unique characteristics of electrochemically exfoliated multi-dimensional graphene and its derivatives.- 8. Electrochemistry and energy storage applications of graphene and its derivatives.- 9. Applications of electrochemically exfoliated graphene and its derivatives in the field of Biosensing and Bioimaging.- 10. Electrochemical exfoliation of graphene and its derivatives and its extended applications in therapeutics.- 11. Methodology advancements for bulk production and commercialization of graphene and its derivatives.- 12. Challenges and future opportunities in the field of electrochemical exfoliation techniques.