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Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide
K. Andre Mkhoyan,Alex W. Contryman,John Silcox,Derek Stewart,Goki Eda,Cecilia Mattevi,Steve Miller,Manish Chhowalla +7 more
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The results of this detailed analysis reveal that the GO is rough with an average surface roughness of 0.6 nm and the structure is predominantly amorphous due to distortions from sp3 C-O bonds.Abstract:
We elucidate the atomic and electronic structure of graphene oxide (GO) using annular dark field imaging of single and multilayer sheets and electron energy loss spectroscopy for measuring the fine structure of C and O K-edges in a scanning transmission electron microscope. Partial density of states and electronic plasma excitations are also measured for these GO sheets showing unusual π* + σ* excitation at 19 eV. The results of this detailed analysis reveal that the GO is rough with an average surface roughness of 0.6 nm and the structure is predominantly amorphous due to distortions from sp3 C−O bonds. Around 40% sp3 bonding was found to be present in these sheets with measured O/C ratio of 1:5. These sp2 to sp3 bond modifications due to oxidation are also supported by ab initio calculations.read more
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Improved Synthesis of Graphene Oxide
Daniela C. Marcano,Dmitry V. Kosynkin,Jacob M. Berlin,Alexander Sinitskii,Zhengzong Sun,Alexander S. Slesarev,Lawrence B. Alemany,Wei Lu,James M. Tour +8 more
TL;DR: An improved method for the preparation of graphene oxide (GO) is described, finding that excluding the NaNO(3), increasing the amount of KMnO(4), and performing the reaction in a 9:1 mixture of H(2)SO(4)/H(3)PO(4) improves the efficiency of the oxidation process.
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The reduction of graphene oxide
Songfeng Pei,Hui-Ming Cheng +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the state-of-the-art status of the reduction of GO on both techniques and mechanisms is reviewed, where the reduction process can partially restore the structure and properties of graphene.
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Graphene based materials: Past, present and future
TL;DR: Graphene and its derivatives are being studied in nearly every field of science and engineering as mentioned in this paper, and recent progress has shown that the graphene-based materials can have a profound impact on electronic and optoelectronic devices, chemical sensors, nanocomposites and energy storage.
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Graphene/Polymer Nanocomposites
TL;DR: Graphene has emerged as a subject of enormous scientific interest due to its exceptional electron transport, mechanical properties, and high surface area, and when incorporated appropriately, these atomically thin carbon sheets can significantly improve physical properties of host polymers at extremely small loading.
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Graphene oxide as a chemically tunable platform for optical applications
TL;DR: This Review highlights the recent advances in optical properties of chemically derived GO, as well as new physical and biological applications that are attracting chemists for its own characteristics.
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Graphene-based composite materials
Sasha Stankovich,Dmitriy A. Dikin,Geoffrey Dommett,K. Kohlhaas,Eric Zimney,Eric A. Stach,Richard D. Piner,SonBinh T. Nguyen,Rodney S. Ruoff +8 more
TL;DR: The bottom-up chemical approach of tuning the graphene sheet properties provides a path to a broad new class of graphene-based materials and their use in a variety of applications.
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Preparation and Characterization of Graphene Oxide Paper
Dmitriy A. Dikin,Sasha Stankovich,Eric Zimney,Richard D. Piner,Geoffrey Dommett,Guennadi Evmenenko,SonBinh T. Nguyen,Rodney S. Ruoff +7 more
TL;DR: Graphene oxide paper is reported, a free-standing carbon-based membrane material made by flow-directed assembly of individual graphene oxide sheets that outperforms many other paper-like materials in stiffness and strength.
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The structure of suspended graphene sheets
Jannik C. Meyer,A. K. Geim,Mikhail I. Katsnelson,Kostya S. Novoselov,Timothy J. Booth,S. Roth +5 more
TL;DR: These studies by transmission electron microscopy reveal that individual graphene sheets freely suspended on a microfabricated scaffold in vacuum or air are not perfectly flat: they exhibit intrinsic microscopic roughening such that the surface normal varies by several degrees and out-of-plane deformations reach 1 nm.
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Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material
TL;DR: A solution-based method is reported that allows uniform and controllable deposition of reduced graphene oxide thin films with thicknesses ranging from a single monolayer to several layers over large areas, which could represent a route for translating the interesting fundamental properties of graphene into technologically viable devices.