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Highly water soluble multi-layer graphenenanoribbons and related honey-comb carbon nanostructures†

Ayrat Gizzatov,a   Ayrat Dimiev,a   Yuri Mackeyev,a   James M. Tour*abc  and  Lon J. Wilson*ab  
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a Department of Chemistry, MS-60, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, USA
E-mail: durango@rice.edu, tour@rice.edu
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b Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, MS-60, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, USA

c Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, USA

Abstract

Multi-layer graphene nanoribbons have been made highly water soluble (4.7 mg ml−1) and stable for the first time by repetitious derivatization with p-carboxyphenyldiazonium salt; similarly, single-walled carbon nanotubes (4.8 mg ml−1) and ultra-short carbon nanotubes (50 mg ml−1) can also be made highly soluble by the methodology.

Graphical abstract: Highly water soluble multi-layer graphene nanoribbons and related honey-comb carbon nanostructures

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https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31407J
Submitted
25 Feb 2012
Accepted
03 Mar 2012
First published
06 Mar 2012
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5602-5604
Article type
Communication
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Highly water soluble multi-layer graphene nanoribbons and related honey-comb carbon nanostructures

A. Gizzatov, A. Dimiev, Y. Mackeyev, J. M. Tour and L. J. Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5602
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31407J

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