Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach

Abstract 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 chall...

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Autores principales:	Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Vusa, Manju Venkatesan, Aneesh K, Sheela Berchmans, Palaniappan Arumugam
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a299826cde8d4c059ccfc0cea2598ba12021-12-02T16:07:59ZTactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach10.1038/s41598-017-08627-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/a299826cde8d4c059ccfc0cea2598ba12017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08627-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract 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.Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao VusaManju VenkatesanAneesh KSheela BerchmansPalaniappan ArumugamNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Vusa Manju Venkatesan Aneesh K Sheela Berchmans Palaniappan Arumugam Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach
description	Abstract 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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author	Chiranjeevi Srinivasa Rao Vusa Manju Venkatesan Aneesh K Sheela Berchmans Palaniappan Arumugam
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title	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_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_sort	tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: a versatile and rational electrochemical approach
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/a299826cde8d4c059ccfc0cea2598ba1
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Tactical tuning of the surface and interfacial properties of graphene: A Versatile and rational electrochemical approach

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