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Research Article | Open Access

Soluble Graphene Through Edge-Selective Functionalization

Zhengzong SunShin-ichiro KohamaZengxing ZhangJay R. LomedaJames M. Tour( )
Department of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Rice UniversityMS 222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 USA
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Thermally expanded graphite was functionalized with 4-bromophenyl addends using the in situ diazonium formation procedure, and after mild sonication treatment in N, Nʹ-dimethylformamide, thin graphene layers were exfoliated from the bulk graphite. These chemically-assisted exfoliated graphene (CEG) sheets had higher solubility than pristine graphene without any stabilizer additive. More than 70% of these soluble flakes had less than 5 layers. Energy filtered transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) elemental mapping provided evidence of the edge-selective diazonium functionalization with graphene. A majority of the Br signals came from the edges of the CEG indicating that the basal planes were not highly functionalized. The CEG was also characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy.

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Sun Z, Kohama S-i, Zhang Z, et al. Soluble Graphene Through Edge-Selective Functionalization. Nano Research, 2010, 3(2): 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-010-1016-2

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Received: 08 December 2009
Revised: 18 December 2009
Accepted: 22 December 2009
Published: 27 March 2010
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