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Eco-friendly one-pot synthesis of highly dispersible functionalized graphene nanosheets with free amino groups

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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages -

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/4/045609

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An eco-friendly, facile and scalable hydrothermal approach, in which the reduction and functionalization of graphite oxide (GO) are completed in one pot, is proposed for the synthesis of monolayer 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES)-functionalized graphenes (A-FGs). Atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction analyses indicate that the as-synthesized A-FGs consist of only one or a few layered graphenes, while x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis reveal that APTES is bonded to graphene by the dehydration reaction between the Si-OH (produced by APTES hydration) and the -OH on the GO surface. As a result, free amino groups are left on the A-FGs. Moreover, A-FGs are highly dispersible in dimethylsulfoxide, APTES and ethylene glycol, and their solubilities are up to 0.89, 4.03 and 0.90 mg ml(-1), respectively. Online supplementary data available from stacks.iop.org/Nano/24/045609/mmedia

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