Sulfur‐Functionalized Graphene Oxide by Epoxide Ring‐Opening |
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| Authors: | Helen R Thomas Alexander J Marsden Dr Marc Walker Dr Neil R Wilson Dr Jonathan P Rourke |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK);2. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK) |
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| Abstract: | The treatment of graphene oxide (GO) with potassium thioacetate followed by an aqueous work‐up yields a new material via the ring‐opening of the epoxide groups. The new material is a thiol‐functionalized GO (GO‐SH) which is able to undergo further functionalization. Reaction with butyl bromide gives another new material, GO‐SBu, which shows significantly enhanced thermal stability compared to both GO and GO‐SH. The thiol‐functionalized GO material showed a high affinity for gold, as demonstrated by the selective deposition of a high density of gold nanoparticles. |
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| Keywords: | epoxide opening gold nanoparticles graphene graphene oxide thiols |
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