Issue 26, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Stable aqueous colloidal solutions of intact surfactant-free graphenenanoribbons and related graphitic nanostructures†

Ayrat M. Dimiev,‡a   Ayrat Gizzatov,‡a   Lon J. Wilson*ac  and  James M. Tour*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Departments of Chemistry, Rice University, MS-222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
E-mail: durango@rice.edu, tour@rice.edu

b Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, MS-222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

c Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, MS-222, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

Abstract

Here we demonstrate a simple, nondestructive method for the preparation of stable aqueous colloidal solutions of graphene nanoribbons and carbon nanotubes. The method includes sonication of carbon nanomaterials in hypophosphorous acid, filtration accompanied by washing the solids with water and dispersion of the solids in a fresh portion of water to form colloidal solutions.

Graphical abstract: Stable aqueous colloidal solutions of intact surfactant-free graphene nanoribbons and related graphitic nanostructures

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC40424B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jan 2013
Accepted
12 Feb 2013
First published
13 Feb 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 2613-2615

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Stable aqueous colloidal solutions of intact surfactant-free graphene nanoribbons and related graphitic nanostructures

A. M. Dimiev, A. Gizzatov, L. J. Wilson and J. M. Tour, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2613 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40424B

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