Richard Martel is Professor of Chemistry at the Université de Montréal and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) on Electroactive Nanomaterials and Interfaces. He is internationally known for his leading role in forefront research on carbon nanotube electronics. After receiving a PhD from the Université Laval in 1995, he worked during 1995-2003 at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (NY, USA). His research focuses on the nanoscience of electronic materials, including carbon nanotubes, hybrid nanostructures, as well as two- dimensional materials such as graphene and black phosphorus. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and received two Outstanding Achievement Awards from IBM for breakthroughs in the field of nanotube electronics. He published over 154 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, which received more than 13500 citations (h-index=46, Web of Science, Jan 2018)
Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Semiconductors, Interfaces, Electrical and Optical Properties, Surface Functionalization
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