Surface and Interfacial Engineering for Multifunctional Nanocarbon Materials.

Area of Science:

• Materials Science
• Nanotechnology
• Electronics Engineering

Background:

• Multifunctional materials are key for advanced soft electronics, enabling integrated capabilities like wearable sensing, thermal management, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
• Nanocarbon materials possess excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, making them ideal for designing versatile multifunctional devices.
• Surface and interfacial engineering offer effective strategies to control nanocarbon structures, tuning properties for precise performance.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide a comprehensive review of recent advancements in multifunctional nanocarbon materials.
• To highlight the role of surface and interfacial engineering in developing these materials.
• To explore the correlations between interfacial structures and multifunctional properties for diverse applications.

Main Methods:

• Review of recent literature on surface and interfacial engineering techniques for nanocarbon materials.
• Analysis of structural evolution from nanoscale to macroscale.
• Examination of resulting multifunctional properties (mechanical, transport, electromagnetic).

Main Results:

• Surface and interfacial engineering enable precise control over nanocarbon material structures and properties.
• Key correlations identified between interfacial structures at different scales and multifunctional performance.
• Demonstration of broad applications in soft electronics, including sensing, thermal management, and EMI shielding.

Conclusions:

• Surface and interfacial engineering are critical for developing high-performance multifunctional nanocarbon materials.
• Understanding structure-property relationships across multiple scales is essential for optimizing device performance.
• Future opportunities lie in exploiting these principles for next-generation soft electronics and interdisciplinary applications.