Issue 28, 2011

Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of water-soluble graphene

Abstract

A facile and highly efficient microwave-assisted method was used to synthesise water-soluble graphene from graphene oxide involving pre-reduction, grafting and post-reduction. Polyacrylamide (PAM) chains have been rapidly grafted onto the graphene sheets (GS) via free-radical polymerization under sequential microwave irradiations. Grafting of PAM chains on the sides of the GS increased the thickness of the sheets and improved the water-solubility of the GS.

Graphical abstract: Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of water-soluble graphene

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Dec 2010
Accepted
04 May 2011
First published
13 Jun 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 10421-10425

Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of water-soluble graphene

J. Long, M. Fang and G. Chen, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 10421 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM04564K

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