Past attempts at making nanoscrolls started with
graphene oxide in its un-reduced or partially reduced states.
The researchers also made a claw shape by sticking together eight 5 - by - 1 millimeter ribbons of flash - treated
graphene oxide in a star shape.
It involved dispersing
graphene oxide in a solution, loading in a small amount of ruthenium and then freeze - drying the new solution and turning it into a foam.
Not exact matches
«Super-strong
graphene oxide:
In situ bandgap tuning of
graphene oxide achieved by electrochemical bias.»
The ability to modulate the physical properties of
graphene oxide within electronic components could have numerous applications
in technology.
The researchers discovered that heat - treating
graphene oxide and small amounts of cobalt salts
in a gaseous environment forced individual cobalt atoms to bind to the material.
Previous research at The University of Manchester found that if immersed
in water,
graphene -
oxide membranes become slightly swollen and smaller salts flow through the membrane along with water, but larger ions or molecules are blocked.
But recently, scientists have discovered that radioactive materials
in water can clump onto flakes of
graphene oxide (GO).
However, this approach requires precision engineering of nano - features (
in a detection chip), complex optical setups, novel nano - probes (such as
graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes, and gold nanorods) or additional amplification steps such as aggregation of nanoparticles to achieve sensitive detection of biomarkers.
Dr Joshi has an international reputation
in this area, having published many highly cited articles including one
in the journal Science on
graphene oxide - based filtration
in 2014 while working at the University of Manchester with Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim.
Researchers at Penn State and Shinshu University
in Japan have developed a simple, scalable method of making
graphene oxide (GO) fibers that are strong, stretchable and can be easily scrolled into yarns with strengths approaching that of Kevlar.
Researchers at Umeå University, together with researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University, show
in a new study how nitrogen doped
graphene can be rolled into perfect Archimedean nano scrolls by adhering magnetic iron
oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the
graphene sheets.
By this method they obtain anchoring sites for the iron
oxide nanoparticles that are decorated onto the
graphene sheets
in a solution process.
Using metal ions with three or more positive charges, researchers
in Tian's laboratory bonded
graphene -
oxide flakes into a transparent membrane.
With the discovery, the material that the researchers call «metal
oxide - laser induced
graphene» (MO - LIG) becomes a new candidate to replace expensive metals like platinum
in catalytic fuel - cell applications
in which oxygen and hydrogen are converted to water and electricity.
In the journal Optical Materials Express, from The Optical Society (OSA), the researchers reported that graphene oxide sheets treated with brief exposure to bright light in the form of a camera flash exhibited reversible bending at angles from zero to 85 degrees in response to switching the relative humidity between 33 and 86 percen
In the journal Optical Materials Express, from The Optical Society (OSA), the researchers reported that
graphene oxide sheets treated with brief exposure to bright light
in the form of a camera flash exhibited reversible bending at angles from zero to 85 degrees in response to switching the relative humidity between 33 and 86 percen
in the form of a camera flash exhibited reversible bending at angles from zero to 85 degrees
in response to switching the relative humidity between 33 and 86 percen
in response to switching the relative humidity between 33 and 86 percent.
By 3D printing the bacteria
in precise patterns on the
graphene oxide, they hope to carve lines of conductivity, like tiny wires, on an otherwise non-conductive surface.
They showed that the lithium ions form a thin film on the surface of the
graphene oxide and then diffuse through defect sites — essentially gaps
in the layers of the material — before settling below the bottom layer of the
graphene oxide.
For example, by removing some of the oxygen from
graphene oxide, the electrically insulating material can be rendered conductive, opening up prospects for use
in flexible electronics, sensors, solar cells and biomedical devices.
Schematics of lithum deposition mechanism
in the case of
graphene -
oxide - modified samples.
5 sessions run
in parallel for the whole week to cover a broad range of topics from
graphene to molecules on surfaces, from surface magnetism to
oxide surfaces and interfaces.
Stein and Amadei applied both techniques to solutions of
graphene oxide flakes and observed similar effects: The bubbles that were created
in solution eventually collapsed, releasing energy that caused the flakes to spontaneously curl into scrolls.
3D - printing bacterial ink onto sheets of
graphene oxide could make precise patterns of highly - conductive material
in a cheaper and easier way
They then placed the
graphene oxide flakes
in solution and stimulated the flakes to curl into scrolls, using two similar approaches: a low - frequency tip - sonicator, and a high - frequency custom reactor.
Stein says
graphene oxide nanoscrolls could also be used as ultralight chemical sensors, drug delivery vehicles, and hydrogen storage platforms,
in addition to water filters.
As Jake Lanphere, a UC Riverside graduate student who co-authored the paper, which was published
in the journal Environmental Engineering Science («Stability and Transport of
Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles
in Groundwater and Surface Water»), explained to Nanoclast
in an email interview: «Other studies have looked at ideal lab conditions that do not necessarily reflect the conditions one might find
in aquatic environments.
In other research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials («Investigation of acute effects of graphene oxide on wastewater microbial community: A case study»), investigators determined that the toxicity of GO was dose dependent and was toxic in the range of 50 to 300 mg /
In other research published
in the Journal of Hazardous Materials («Investigation of acute effects of graphene oxide on wastewater microbial community: A case study»), investigators determined that the toxicity of GO was dose dependent and was toxic in the range of 50 to 300 mg /
in the Journal of Hazardous Materials («Investigation of acute effects of
graphene oxide on wastewater microbial community: A case study»), investigators determined that the toxicity of GO was dose dependent and was toxic
in the range of 50 to 300 mg /
in the range of 50 to 300 mg / L.
Researchers at University of California, Riverside have measured the mobility of
graphene oxide (GO)
in water and have determined that it could move around easily if it were released into lakes and streams.
Adapting an existing
in - house technology, a
graphene oxide solution is poured onto a wax - printed paper membrane.
This membrane acts as a kind of mould which, when wetted briefly
in water and then hand - shaken (yes, hand - shaken) from side to side
in ethanol, sets and releases multiple self - rolled
graphene oxide tubes — the basic building block of our micromotors.
Immune response is required for the control of
in vivo translocation and chronic toxicity of
graphene oxide.
For example, a conductive tip can be used to write patterns on different materials by locally oxidizing or reducing a surface, a method that has been used to create conductive channels
in, for example,
graphene and
oxide interfaces.
Investigation and tuning of
graphene electrodes for solution - processable metal
oxide thin - film transistors
in the area of low - cost electronics - CMOT
Molecular dynamics simulations show that a preferential binding of PSS one side of the
graphene oxide nanosheets gives rise to the curvature of the nanosheet during scroll formation,
in part from the hydrophilic nature of the PSS layer.
So, adding sodium dodecyl sulfate allows the
graphene to evenly mix
in the water with the precursors for the
oxide crystals.
They additionally found the reason why their battery works: the spacing of the iridium catalyst nanoparticles
in the reduced
graphene oxide (rGO) cathode favor the production of lithium superoxide (LiO2) and inhibit peroxide (Li2O2) generation.