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Jonathan Coleman is the Professor of Chemical Physics in the School of Physics and a Principal Investigator in CRANN at Trinity College Dublin.
He received both his BA in Physics and his PhD from Trinity College Dublin.
The theme of his research is the production and processing of nanomaterials in liquids. The main focus is liquid exfoliation of layered crystals such as graphite and inorganic layered compounds. This produces liquid suspensions of two-dimensional materials such as graphene, BN, MoS2 or MoO3. Such liquid processing allows the production of coatings, thin films and composites. These structures are useful in a range of applications in areas such as: reinforced composites, transparent conductors, sensors, optoelectronic devices and electrodes for batteries, solar cells, supercapacitors, etc. He has also performed research on other nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and metallic nanowires.
He was named the 2011 Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year and was awarded the Kroll Medal from the Institute of Materials in 2012. In 2011, he was named among the top 100 Materials Scientists of the previous decade by Thompson Reuters.