Atomaterials for Tomorrow: Building a Sustainable Future

The RMIT Professorial Academy is pleased to host the next lecture in the series presented by Distinguished Professor Baohua Jia.

About the Distinguished Lecture

"Atomaterials" represents materials with at least one dimension on the atomic scale. Their properties depend on the precise configuration of their atoms. It is a new but rapidly developing field. A typical atomaterials is graphene, which is made of carbon atoms. Unlike diamond, in which the carbon atoms form a rigid three-dimensional structure, graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms bonded together in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. They show exceptional properties due to their atomaterials nature. Using atomaterials, our lab has been working on a range of innovations at various stages of development, for example, a diurnal cooling film without consuming electricity. This film can cool the environment by up to 15°C without electricity. Integrating such a film into a building can dramatically reduce the electricity used for air conditioning. This will not only save electricity bills but also reduce greenhouse emissions. Heat-absorbing film, achieving over 97% energy conversion rate with an ultrathin film arrangement. These materials play a critical role in improving energy efficiency and providing innovative, sustainable solutions for our society.

Speaker Biography

Distinguished Professor Baohua Jia joined RMIT in 2022 as a Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Science. She is a Key Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM) and ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS). Before joining RMIT, Baohua was a Professor in the Founding Director of Centre for Translational Atomaterials (CTAM) and Research Leader at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. Professor Jia's research focuses on fundamental light and nanomaterial interaction. Professor Jia is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), OPTICA, and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. She has served on the Australian Research Council College of Experts since 2019, the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committees and Optica. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Nature Publishing Journals – npj Nanophotonics and the Associate Editor for APL Photonics since 2017 and Photonic Insight since 2021.

Event details

  • Date & time: Thursday 15 October, 3pm - 4pm
  • Location: Kaleide Theatre, 360 Swanston St, RMIT City Campus

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