Ongoing research and more
PhD (Physics/Engineering)
University of Exeter, UK
Creation and use of graphene and 2D materials for device applications, with an emphasis towards scalability of the process towards the industry and compatibility with current or envisaged mass production techniques. I worked with a functionalised form of graphene, FeCl3-FLG and dubbed GraphExeter. Due to its improved properties, I have demonstrated that this material may outperfom other emerging transparent conductive electrodes. I worked embedding graphene with polymeric textile fibres to create wearable devices. Using my expertise in ACEL devices, I produced such devices on textile fibres using graphene electrodes. Also, I engineered such fibres to produce touch-sensors. I worked in a novel patterning and deposition method for solution-processed 2D materials. This process should be compatible with both roll-to-roll and CMOS processing. I demonstrated this creating flexible and transparent humidity sensors on PET, 1x1 cm2 Si chips and a whole 4'' SiO2/Si wafer.
a Cu thin-film template for the growth of 2D materials, suitable for the growth of graphene, hBN and other 2D materials
Publications in International Journals
Transmission of modified Graphene layers on glass, sapphire and polyimide film substrates in UV-NIR and THz ranges. M.O. Zhukova, Y.V. Grachev, L.V. Azina, A.N.T. Tcypkin, E. Kovalska, E. Torres Alonso, S. Russo, M. Craciun, A. Baldycheva and V.G. Bespalov. IEEE Xplore, 2018.
2D materials integrated in a Si3N4 photonics platform. J. Faneca, B. T. Hogan, E. Torres Alonso, M. Craciun and A. Baldycheva. SPIE Proceedings, 2018.
Graphene-based wearable touch sensors and light-emitting devices on textile fibres. E. Torres Alonso, D. P. Rodrigues, M. Khetani, D-W Shin, A. De Sanctis, I. de Schrijver, H. Alves, A. Baldycheva, A. I. S. Neves, S. Russo & M. Craciun. (in revision, Nature Flexible Electronics)
Fast and Highly Sensitive Ionic-Polymer-Gated WS2-Graphene Photodetectors. J. D. Mehew, S. Unal, E. Torres Alonso, G. F. Jones, S. F. Ramadhan, M. F. Craciun, S. Russo. Advanced Materials, 2017.
Towards conductive textiles: coating polymeric fibres with graphene. A. I. S. Neves, D. P. Rodrigues, A. de Sanctis, E. Torres Alonso, M. S. Pereira, V. S. Amaral, L. V. Melo, S. Russo, I. de Schrijver, H. Alves and M. F. Craciun. Scientific Reports, 2017.
Homogeneously Bright, Flexible, and Foldable Lighting Devices with Functionalized Graphene Electrodes. E. Torres Alonso, G. Karkera, G. F. Jones, M.F. Craciun and S. Russo. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016.
Submitted for publication
Novel device processing for liquid-exfoliated 2D materials for transparent and flexible all-graphene humidity sensors. E. Torres Alonso, D-W. Shin, S. Saverio Russo & Monica Craciun (in preparation).
Conference presentations
Graphene Flagship workshop “Graphene in Microelectronics and MRAM”, Frankfurt October 30, 2019 talk.