Graphene oxide. Origin of acidity, its instability in water, and a new dynamic structural model

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 576-588

  Dimiev, Ayrat M ^a   Alemany, Lawrence B ^a,c   Tour, James M ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acidity; dynamic structural model; graphene interaction with water; graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; C-C BONDS; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITRATION; VOLTAMMETRY;

ACIDITY;

GRAPHITE; OXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; PH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXIDES; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872861294     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3047378     Document Type: Article

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