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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/srep00085
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-0809020]
- Welch Foundation [C-0807]
- Rice University
- Office of Naval Research (ONR) [N00014-09-1-1066]
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI
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Aqueous dispersions of graphene oxide (GO) have been found to emit a structured, strongly pH-dependent visible fluorescence. Based on experimental results and model computations, this is proposed to arise from quasi-molecular fluorophores, similar to polycyclic aromatic compounds, formed by the electronic coupling of carboxylic acid groups with nearby carbon atoms of graphene. Sharp and structured emission and excitation features resembling the spectra of molecular fluorophores are present near 500 nm in basic conditions. The GO emission reversibly broadens and red-shifts to ca. 680 nmin acidic conditions, while the excitation spectra remain very similar in shape and position, consistent with excited state protonation of the emitting species in acidic media. The sharp and structured emission and excitation features suggest that the effective fluorophore size in the GO samples is remarkably well defined.
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