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Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach
Designing a versatile and rational method for the tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene is an essential yet challenging task of many scientific areas including health care, sensors, energy, and the environment. A method was designed herein to tackle the challenge and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08627-1 |
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author | Vusa, Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Venkatesan, Manju K, Aneesh Berchmans, Sheela Arumugam, Palaniappan |
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description | Designing a versatile and rational method for the tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene is an essential yet challenging task of many scientific areas including health care, sensors, energy, and the environment. A method was designed herein to tackle the challenge and tune the surface and interfacial properties of graphene using a simple electrochemical tethering of arylamines that provides diverse reactive end groups to graphene. This method resulted in the preparation of graphenes with thiol, hydroxy, amine, carboxyl, and sulfonate surface functionalities respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and cyclic voltammetry were used to study the chemical, morphological, and electrochemical properties of the modified graphenes. The results show the promising scope of the reported method towards the tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene. Also, this method can give fundamental insights of the surface tuning of graphene and its structurally similar materials. Hence, this approach can be used to advantageously tune the surface properties of the other structurally similar nanocarbons and their hybrid materials to make them potential candidates for many applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-55671382017-09-06 Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach Vusa, Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Venkatesan, Manju K, Aneesh Berchmans, Sheela Arumugam, Palaniappan Sci Rep Article Designing a versatile and rational method for the tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene is an essential yet challenging task of many scientific areas including health care, sensors, energy, and the environment. A method was designed herein to tackle the challenge and tune the surface and interfacial properties of graphene using a simple electrochemical tethering of arylamines that provides diverse reactive end groups to graphene. This method resulted in the preparation of graphenes with thiol, hydroxy, amine, carboxyl, and sulfonate surface functionalities respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and cyclic voltammetry were used to study the chemical, morphological, and electrochemical properties of the modified graphenes. The results show the promising scope of the reported method towards the tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene. Also, this method can give fundamental insights of the surface tuning of graphene and its structurally similar materials. Hence, this approach can be used to advantageously tune the surface properties of the other structurally similar nanocarbons and their hybrid materials to make them potential candidates for many applications. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5567138/ /pubmed/28827778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08627-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Vusa, Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Venkatesan, Manju K, Aneesh Berchmans, Sheela Arumugam, Palaniappan Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title | Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title_full | Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title_fullStr | Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title_short | Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
title_sort | tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: a versatile and rational electrochemical approach |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08627-1 |
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