Projekt

Technology and Innovation Roadmap within the Graphene Flagship (Graphene Roadmap)

Within the Graphene Flagship of the European Commission Fraunhofer ISI is elaborating a technology and innovation roadmap (TIR). The roadmap aims to guide flagship research towards developing products based on graphene or other 2D materials (GRM), thereby merging technology potentials and market needs. Insights from the roadmapping are also used in the work package innovation of the Graphene Flagship for identifying innovation objectives.

Hintergrund

The Graphene Flagship is along with the Human Brain Project the first of the European Commission's future and emerging technology (FET) flagships whose mission is to address the big scientific and technological challenges of the age through long-term multidisciplinary research and development efforts. With a budget of 1 billion Euro the flagship forms Europe's biggest ever research initiative. It was initiated in 2013 and will run over 10 years. The core consortium of the flagship consists of over 170 academic and industrial partners from 21 countries. The Graphene Flagship is tasked with bringing together academic and industrial researchers to take Graphene from the realm of academic laboratories into European society, thus generating economic growth, new jobs and new opportunities.

Graphene is a 2-dimensional atomic crystal made up of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. It is the thinnest compound known to man at one atom thickness and has a unique combination of superior properties. It is  the strongest compound discovered, the lightest material known and flexible. In addition, it is impermeable to molecules, extremely electrically and thermally conductive and transparent. Due to this unique combination of propoerties, graphene is expected to contribute to the development of new devices and products in many different application areas such as sensors, photonics and opto-electronics, energy, electronics, composites and coatings or biomedical technologies.