Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez

Dr. Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez

Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM), CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Academic Career Length

30Years (1997-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2005 in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
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Cesar Fernandez-SanchezCesar Fernandez-Sanchez
Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez
CMCalum J. McNeil
Calum J. McNeil
KRKeith Rawson
Keith Rawson

1 December 2002 in Bioelectrochemistry
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Cesar Fernandez-SanchezCesar Fernandez-Sanchez
Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez
TTTzanko Tzanov
Tzanko Tzanov
GGGeorg M Gübitz
Georg M Gübitz
Artur Cavaco-PauloArtur Cavaco-Paulo
Artur Cavaco-Paulo

25 August 2004 in Analytical Chemistry
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Cesar Fernandez-SanchezCesar Fernandez-Sanchez
Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez
CMCalum J. McNeil
Calum J. McNeil
KRKeith Rawson
Keith Rawson
ONOlle Nilsson
Olle Nilsson

27 April 2015 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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MAM. Ayán-Varela
M. Ayán-Varela
JPJuan Ignacio Paredes
Juan Ignacio Paredes
LGL. Guardia
L. Guardia
SVS. Villar-Rodil
S. Villar-Rodil
JMJ. M. Munuera
J. M. Munuera
JTJ. M. D. Tascón
J. M. D. Tascón
The stable dispersion of graphene flakes in an aqueous medium is highly desirable for the development of materials based on this two-dimensional carbon structure, but current production protocols that make use of a number of surfactants typically suffer from limitations regarding graphene concentration or the amount of surfactant required to colloidally stabilize the sheets. Here, we demonstrate that an innocuous and readily available derivative of vitamin B2, namely the sodium salt of flavin mononucleotide (FMNS), is a highly efficient dispersant in the preparation of aqueous dispersions of defect-free, few-layer graphene flakes. Most notably, graphene concentrations in water as high as ∼50 mg mL–1 using low amounts of FMNS (FMNS/graphene mass ratios of about 0.04) could be attained, which facilitated the formation of free-standing graphene films displaying high electrical conductivity (∼52000 S m–1) without the need of carrying out thermal annealing or other types of post-treatment. The excellent performance of FMNS as a graphene dispersant could be attributed to the combined effect of strong adsorption on the sheets through the isoalloxazine moiety of the molecule and efficient colloidal stabilization provided by its negatively charged phosphate group. The FMNS-stabilized graphene sheets could be decorated with nanoparticles of several noble metals (Ag, Pd, and Pt), and the resulting hybrids exhibited a high catalytic activity in the reduction of nitroarenes and electroreduction of oxygen. Overall, the present results should expedite the processing and implementation of graphene in, e.g., conductive inks, composites, and hybrid materials with practical utility in a wide range of applications.

1 May 2015 in Electrochimica Acta
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PNPengfei Niu
Pengfei Niu
Cesar Fernandez-SanchezCesar Fernandez-Sanchez
Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez
MGMartí Gich
Martí Gich
CACarlos Ayora
Carlos Ayora
ARAnna Roig
Anna Roig

9 December 2015 in Microchimica Acta
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PNPengfei Niu
Pengfei Niu
Cesar Fernandez-SanchezCesar Fernandez-Sanchez
Cesar Fernandez-Sanchez
MGMartí Gich
Martí Gich
CNCarla Navarro-Hernández
Carla Navarro-Hernández
Pablo Fanjul-BoladoPablo Fanjul-Bolado
Pablo Fanjul-Bolado
ARAnna Roig
Anna Roig