Rafael Hensel

Dr. Rafael Hensel

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

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

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3 May 2018 in Frontiers in Chemistry
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GGGabriel Gaál
Gabriel Gaál
TSTatiana A. da Silva
Tatiana A. da Silva
VGVladimir Gaál
Vladimir Gaál
RHRafael Hensel
Rafael Hensel
LALucas R. Amaral
Lucas R. Amaral
ERElza Benedita Paschoalini Riul
Elza Benedita Paschoalini Riul
Nowadays, one of the biggest issues addressed to electronic sensor fabrication is the build-up of efficient electrodes as an alternative way to the expensive, complex and multistage processes required by traditional techniques. Printed electronics arises as an interesting alternative to fulfill this task due to the simplicity and speed to stamp electrodes on various surfaces. Within this context, the Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printing is an emerging, cost-effective and alternative technology to fabricate complex structures that potentiates several fields with more creative ideas and new materials for a rapid prototyping of devices. We show here the fabrication of interdigitated electrodes using a standard home-made CoreXY 3D printer using transparent and graphene-based PLA filaments. Macro 3D printed electrodes were easily assembled within 6 min with outstanding reproducibility. The electrodes were also functionalized with different nanostructured thin films via dip-coating Layer-by-Layer technique to develop a 3D printed e-tongue setup. As a proof of concept, the printed e-tongue was applied to soil analysis. A control soil sample was enriched with several macro-nutrients to the plants (N, P, K, S, Mg, and Ca) and the discrimination was done by electrical impedance spectroscopy of water solution of the soil samples. The data was analyzed by Principal Component Analysis and the 3D printed sensor distinguished clearly all enriched samples despite the complexity of the soil chemical composition. The 3D printed e-tongue successfully used in soil analysis encourages further investments in developing new sensory tools for precision agriculture and other fields exploiting the simplicity and flexibility offered by the 3D printing techniques.

15 November 2017 in Nanotechnology
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MJMawin J M Jimenez
Mawin J M Jimenez
Rafael Furlan De OliveiraRafael Furlan De Oliveira
Rafael Furlan De Oliveira
TATiago P Almeida
Tiago P Almeida
RHRafael Hensel
Rafael Hensel
CBCarlos Cesar B Bufon
Carlos Cesar B Bufon
ERElza Benedita Paschoalini Riul
Elza Benedita Paschoalini Riul
Graphene is a breakthrough 2D material due to its unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties, with considerable responsiveness in real applications. However, the coverage of large areas with pristine graphene is a challenge and graphene derivatives have been alternatively exploited to produce hybrid and composite materials that allow for new developments, considering also the handling of large areas using distinct methodologies. For electronic applications there is significant interest in the investigation of the electrical properties of graphene derivatives and related composites to determine whether the characteristic 2D charge transport of pristine graphene is preserved. Here, we report a systematic study of the charge transport mechanisms of reduced graphene oxide chemically functionalized with sodium polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), named as GPSS. GPSS was produced either as quantum dots (QDs) or nanoplatelets (NPLs), being further nanostructured with poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) through the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to produce graphene nanocomposites with molecular level control. Current–voltage (I–V) measurements indicated a meticulous growth of the LbL nanostructures onto gold interdigitated electrodes (IDEs), with a space-charge-limited current dominated by a Mott-variable range hopping mechanism. A 2D intra-planar conduction within the GPSS nanostructure was observed, which resulted in effective charge carrier mobility (μ) of 4.7 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the QDs and 34.7 cm2 V−1 s−1 for the NPLs. The LbL assemblies together with the dimension of the materials (QDs or NPLs) were favorably used for the fine tuning and control of the charge carrier mobility inside the LbL nanostructures. Such 2D charge conduction mechanism and high μ values inside an interlocked multilayered assembly containing graphene-based nanocomposites are of great interest for organic devices and functionalization of interfaces.

6 December 2021 in ACS Applied Nano Materials
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RHRafael Hensel
Rafael Hensel
MBMaria L. Braunger
Maria L. Braunger
BOBruno Oliveira
Bruno Oliveira
FSFlavio Shimizu
Flavio Shimizu
OOOsvaldo Oliveira
Osvaldo Oliveira
VRVarlei Rodrigues
Varlei Rodrigues

22 April 2022 in Organic Electronics
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NLNicolò Lago
Nicolò Lago
MBMarco Buonomo
Marco Buonomo
SRSara Ruiz-Molina
Sara Ruiz-Molina
APAndrea Pollesel
Andrea Pollesel
RHRafael Hensel
Rafael Hensel
ACAndrea Cester
Andrea Cester


16 January 2024 in Advanced Electronic Materials
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RHRafael Hensel
Rafael Hensel
BVBiagio Di Vizio
Biagio Di Vizio
Verónica Montes GarcíaVerónica Montes García
Verónica Montes García
JYJijin Yang
Jijin Yang
GIGeorgian G. Ilie
Georgian G. Ilie
Stefano CasaliniStefano Casalini
Stefano Casalini
Supercapacitors and transistors are two key devices for future electronics that must combine portability, high performance, easy scalability, etc. Graphene‐related materials (GRMs) are frequently chosen as active materials for these applications given their unique physical properties that are tunable via chemical functionalization. Up to date, among GRMs, only reduced graphene oxide (rGO) showed sufficient versatility and processability in mild media, rendering it suitable for integration in these two types of devices. Here, a sound alternative to rGO is provided, namely graphene acetic acid (GAA), whose physico‐chemical features offer specific advantages. In particular, the use of a GAA‐based cathode in a zinc hybrid supercapacitor (Zn‐HSC) delivers state‐of‐the‐art gravimetric capacitance of ≈400 F g−1at a current density of 0.05 A g−1. Conversely, GAA‐based LGT, supported onto Si/SiO2, shows an ambipolar behavior in 0.1 mNaCl, featuring a clear p‐doping quantified by Dirac voltage higher than 100 mV. Such a device is successfully implemented in paper fluidics, thereby demonstrating the feasibility of real‐time monitoring.