氧化石墨烯对水中内分泌干扰物双酚A的吸附性能

以氧化石墨烯(GO)为吸附剂, 内分泌干扰物双酚A (BPA)为目标污染物, 考察了GO对水中BPA的吸附性能. 结果表明: GO对BPA的最大吸附量(q_m)约为87.80 mg·g^-1 (25℃), 30 min左右即可达到吸附平衡, 远快于活性碳; 吸附动力学和等温线数据分别符合准二级动力学模型和Langmuir 吸附模型; 在溶液接近中性和低温的条件下有利于吸附的进行, 在溶液中存在电解质的条件下不利于吸附的进行. GO具有优异的循环吸附性能, 经过多次循环使用后依然可以保持良好的吸附能力. GO对BPA的吸附机理主要是由于GO本身的片状结构以及表面的含氧极性基团, 会与BPA之间产生π-π色散作用和氢键作用. 虽然GO对BPA的吸附能力不如石墨烯, 但是相比于石墨烯, GO表面含有大量极性基团, 具有良好的亲水性, 且GO合成方法相对简单, 可批量生产用于工业污水处理. 因此, 在水处理领域, GO有能力成为新型高效的吸附剂.     

Facile Synthesis of High‐Quality Plasma‐Reduced Graphene Oxide with Ultrahigh 4,4′‐Dichlorobiphenyl Adsorption Capacity

High‐quality reduced graphene, termed PG, has been synthesized by a simple, low‐cost, and green plasma approach, and applied as adsorbent to remove 4,4′‐dichloribiphenyl (4,4′‐DCB) from aqueous solutions. As a comparison, the adsorption of 4,4′‐DCB on graphene oxide (GO) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was also studied under the same experimental conditions. PG performs significantly better with regard to 4,4′‐DCB adsorption than GO and MWCNTs, or any reported nanomaterials, with a maximum adsorption capacity (q_max) of 1552 mg g^?1 at pH 7.0. The high affinity of 4,4′‐DCB to PG is mainly a result of strong π–π interactions, as also confirmed by DFT calculations. The results reveal that PG sheets hold promise for the removal of persistent organic pollutants. We expect possible applications of this fast and mild plasma technique in the fabrication of nanomaterials and envisage their use in a variety of advanced chemical processes.     

Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Stability of Insulin on Graphene

The adsorption dynamics of a model protein （the human insulin） onto graphene surfaces with different sizes was investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. During the adsorption, it has different effect on the stability of the model protein in the fixed and non-fixed graphene systems. The tertiary structure of the protein was destroyed or partially destroyed, and graphene surfaces shows the selective protection for some α-helices in non-fixed Systems but not in fixed systems by reason of the flexibility of graphene. As indicated by the interaction energy curve and trajectory animation, the conformation and orientation selection of the protein were induced by the properties and the texture of graphene surfaces. The knowledge of protein adsorption on graphene surfaces would be helpful to better understand stability of protein on graphene surfaces and facilitate potential applications of graphene in biotechnology.     

Fluorescent Aptamer-Polyethylene Glycol Functionalized Graphene Oxide Biosensor for Profenofos Detection in Food

A biosensor based on self-assembled ssDNA(aptamer) and polyethylene glycol functionalized graphene oxide(GO-PEG) has been designed for sensing profenofos in food. The sensor has employed the fluorescence "on/off" switching strategy in a single step in homogeneous solution. Compared to traditional detection methods, the strategy proposed here is simple, convenient, fast and sensitive. Furthermore, compared with the general aptamer-GO structure, this aptamer-GO-PEG structure is in possession of a better detection performance, which is largely attributed to the improvement of the biocompatibility and the adjustment of the adsorption capacity of GO by grafting the blocking agent PEG onto the surface of GO. Additionally, the improved biocompatibility of GO shows better stability in salt solutions and physiological solutions, which is more conducive to its practical application in foods. In this project, profenofos had been detected with the proposed strategy, and the limit of detection has been controlled to be 0.21 ng/mL. This aptasensing assay has been applied to determining profenofos in (spiked)tap water, cabbage and milk with the recovery values ranging from 93.1% to 108.5%, from 90.8% to 113.2% and from 105.9% to 114.2%, respectively.     

Stripping Voltammetric Analysis of Mercury at Base-treated Graphene Oxide Electrodes

According to the Rourke's model, graphene oxide(GO) synthesized from the oxidation of graphite actually consisted of partly oxidized graphene sheets and highly oxidized debris(OD). The OD was strongly adhered to the surface of graphene sheets, while they could be facilely removed by a base-washing procedure. The existence and removal by base-washing of OD were characterized by means of thermogravimetric analysis(TGA), FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. The adsorption of OD not only made a great difference to the physical and chemical properties of GO, but also affected its electrochemical behavior when it was employed as an electrode material. In this article, we demonstrated that the electrochemical deposition and the subsequent voltammetric stripping analysis of mercury were significantly influenced by the presence of OD. The consequence suggests that the presence of OD on the sheets of GO restricts the electrochemical deposition behavior of mercury and further lowers the sensitivity of the voltammetric stripping responses. The sensitivity was observed as 0.78 A·L·mol^-1 at base-washed(bw)-GO/GC(glassy carbon) better than that at as-prepared GO(a-GO)/GC for 0.28 A·L·mol^-1. The limit of detection was calculated as 2.95 and 0.83 μmol/L before and after removing the OD, respectively. The availability of both electrodes was evaluated by detecting Hg²⁺ in lake water specimens using standard samples recovery.     

石墨烯/聚乙烯复合材料及其拉伸性能的分子动力学模拟

利用分子动力学方法,模拟石墨烯/聚乙烯复合材料的微观结构和性能,并采用单轴拉伸模拟方法研究石墨烯/聚乙烯复合材料的拉伸性能.结果表明,在石墨烯/聚乙烯复合材料平衡构型中,聚乙烯基体分子在石墨烯表面处形成多层吸附层,吸附层处于动态稳定状态,层内分子可以发生扩散迁移.吸附层内聚乙烯分子发生"吸附固化"现象,分子弯曲程度减弱,发生有序排列,且在垂直于石墨烯方向的运动性能受到抑制.拉伸模拟结果表明,石墨烯能够提高聚乙烯材料的拉伸性能.在弹性区和屈服区,石墨烯阻碍了复合材料在垂直于拉伸方向的压缩变形,聚乙烯分子"吸附固化"结构保持稳定,引起体系整体应力的迅速升高.在软化区,由于石墨烯发生剧烈弯曲,"吸附固化"结构发生破坏,最终引起体系应力迅速减小.在弹性区和屈服区,体系应变主要引起了非键相互作用的改变.在软化区之后,应变主要导致了体系内分子成键相互作用的改变.应变速率能够提高复合材料的屈服应力,而不改变复合材料应力应变的整体趋势.     

Electrical Conductivity of Alkaline-reduced Graphene Oxide

A green route using a very simple and straightforward ultrasonic process under alkaline conditions, rather than a general chemical reduction process using hydrazine, was utilized to obtain the hydrophilic reduced graphene oxide(RGO) sheets, via removing oxygen functional groups from graphene oxide(GO) and repairing the aromatic structure. It is found that the conductivity of the obtained RGO could be tuned by changing pH value in alkaline solution, and the current-voltage(I-V) curves of both GO and RGO are nonlinear and slightly asymmetric. Under the same applied voltage, the current of RGO is much larger than that of GO, indicating a pronounced increase in the electrical conductivity of RGO, compared to that of GO.     

Removal of 4‐chlorophenol using graphene,graphene oxide,and a‐doped graphene (A = N,B): A computational study

Density functional theory (including van der Waals correction with the PBE‐D functional) is applied to the study of 4‐chlorophenol (4‐CP) adsorption on graphene oxide (GO), A‐doped graphene (A = N, B), and pristine graphene and test their possible application for 4‐CP removal. Results show that on GO adsorption is improved by the hydrogen bond interactions between the adsorbents and 4‐CP, suggesting that functionalized graphene is a preferable alternative than pristine graphene for 4‐CP removal. In addition, the stability of hydrogen bonds is confirmed by molecular dynamics calculations using the PM6 potential. Without hydrogen bonds, A‐doped graphene models show a comparable performance for 4‐CP removal than pristine graphene. Finally, even in a solvent medium, 4‐CP adsorption is strong. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

碳纳米管/氧化石墨烯/硫复合正极材料的制备及其电化学性能

以碳纳米管和氧化石墨烯(CNTs/GO)为主体材料, 通过化学还原法制备了CNTs/GO 负载硫的复合正极材料CNTs/GO/S. 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)及透射电子显微镜(TEM)测试表明, CNTs 均匀插层在GO片间, 从而形成三维多孔结构, 有利于电解液的浸润; 活性物质硫均匀地负载在CNTs/GO 表面. 电化学测试表明,CNTs/GO/S复合材料具有高的比容量和良好的循环稳定性: 在1C倍率电流密度下, 复合材料首次放电比容量高达904 mAh·g^-1, 经过50圈循环之后, 复合材料的比容量仍保持在578 mAh·g^-1.     

A Review on Graphene Oxide Two-dimensional Macromolecules: from Single Molecules to Macro-assembly

Graphene oxide(GO), which consists of two-dimensional(2 D) sp2 carbon hexagonal networks and oxygen-contained functional groups, has laid the foundation of mass production and applications of graphene materials. Made by chemical oxidation of graphite, GO is highly dispersible or even solubilized in water and polar organic solvents, which resolves the hard problem of graphene processing and opens a door to wet-processing of graphene. Despite its defects, GO is easy to functionalize, dope, punch h...     

酞菁铅在石墨烯表面吸附行为的拉曼光谱研究

利用石墨烯增强拉曼散射效应可以获得与石墨烯接触的某些分子的拉曼增强信号, 并且对于不同的分子或振动模, 其拉曼增强因子不同. 根据这一特征, 本工作利用拉曼光谱技术对石墨烯表面上酞菁铅(PbPc)分子Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)膜在退火过程中吸附构型的变化进行了跟踪研究. 发现随着退火温度的升高, 石墨烯表面上PbPc分子的拉曼信号经历了一个先增强后减弱的过程, 在升华温度点附近强度达到最大, 表明PbPc发生了由直立向平躺取向的转变; 同时, 在PbPc分子升华温度点附近, 由于对称性破坏导致散射截面低的振动模出现, 并且该振动模强度随着退火温度的进一步升高而增强, 表明非平面的PbPc分子受石墨烯π-π相互作用的影响而形变加剧, 向平面结构转变; 在更高的退火温度下, 则出现一些不属于PbPc分子的拉曼振动峰, 表明PbPc分子在石墨烯表面由Pb(II)被还原成Pb(0).     

Graphene materials preparation methods have dramatic influence upon their capacitance

Graphene related materials are widely expected to play a major role as materials for the construction of supercapacitors. We demonstrate here that graphene oxides prepared by various well-established methods exhibit dramatically different capacitances. We exfoliated graphite oxide sonographically to graphene oxide (GO) and we reduced GO by chemical or electrochemical means to chemically reduced graphene oxide (CRGO) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO); in addition, graphite oxide was thermally exfoliated leading to thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRGO). We found clear dependence of weight specific capacitance upon amount of oxygen containing groups presented on the surface of these graphenes. GO exhibits the lowest and TRGO the highest values of weight specific capacitance.     

Efficient Adsorption and Extraction of Glutathione S-Transferases with Glutathione-Functionalized Graphene Oxide–Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Composite

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are important type-II detoxification enzymes that protect DNA and proteins from damage and are often used as protein tags for the expression of fusion proteins. In the present work, octa-aminopropyl caged polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OA–POSS) was prepared via acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and polymerized on the surface of graphene oxide (GO) through an amidation reaction. Glutathione (GSH) was then modified to GO–POSS through a Michael addition reaction to obtain a GSH-functionalized GO–POSS composite (GPG). The structure and characteristics of the as-prepared GPG composite were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravity analysis, and surface charge analysis. The specific binding interactions between glutathione and GST gave GPG favorable adsorption selectivity towards GST, and other proteins did not affect GST adsorption. The adsorption behavior of GST on the GPG composite conformed to the Langmuir isotherm model, and the adsorption capacity of GST was high up to 364.94 mg g⁻¹ under optimal conditions. The GPG-based solid-phase adsorption process was applied to the extraction of GST from a crude enzyme solution of pig liver, and high-purity GST was obtained via SDS-PAGE identification.     

Binary Metal Oxide Adsorbed Graphene Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for Detection of Riboflavin

Tungsten oxide (W) decorated titanium oxide (T) adsorbed onto a graphene (Gr) and modified the glassy carbon electrode for the electrochemical quantification of riboflavin (RF) in edible food and pharmaceuticals. For comparison, nanocomposites are formed using graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and pure graphite (G) sheets to study the electrochemical activities towards riboflavin. The ternary WTGr modified GCE shows the highest electrocatalytic activity due to synergetic interactions between the metal oxide and graphene. The electrochemical observations are supported by the SEM, HRTEM, XRD, UV-Vis, Zeta potential (ζ) and size data. The sensor shows a wide linear range 20 nM–2.5 μM with a detection limit 25.24 nM and sensitivity (4.249×10⁻⁸ A/nM). The fabricated sensor is validated in real samples.     

Interactions of Anionic and Neutral Serine with Pure and Metal-doped Graphene Studied by Density Functional Theory

We present a theoretical study of interactions of anionic and neutral serine (Ser) on pure or metal-doped graphene surfaces using density functional theory calculations. Interactions of both types of Ser with the pure graphene surface show weak non-covalent interactions due to the formation of -COOH…π, -COO^-…π, and -OH…π interactions. On metaldoped graphene, covalent interactions to the surface dominate, due to the formation of strong metal-O and O-metal-O interactions. Furthermore, the doped Fe, Cr, Mn, Al, or Ti enhances the ability of graphene to attract both types of Ser by a combination of the adsorption energy, the density of states, the Mulliken atomic charges, and differences of electron density. At the same time, the interaction strengths of anionic Ser on various graphene surfaces are stronger than those of neutral Ser. These results provide useful insights for the rational design and development of graphene-based sensors for the two forms of Ser by introducing appropriate doped atoms. Ti and Fe are suggested to be the best choices among all doped atoms for the anionic Ser and neutral Ser, respectively.     

Comparative Studies on Electrocatalytic Activities of Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide and Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Noncovalently Functionalized with Poly(methylene blue)

This study compares the electrocatalytic activities of chemically reduced graphene oxide (crGO) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (erGO), which are both noncovalently functionalized with a polyaromatic dye, poly(methylene blue) (polyMB), toward the oxidation of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). PolyMB‐crGO and polyMB‐erGO composites were obtained via electropolymerization of methylene blue on crGO and GO modified glassy carbon (GC) electrodes, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) results indicate that these two types of integrated electrodes reveal different electrocatalytic activities. PolyMB‐crGO integrated electrode possesses lower catalytic oxidation potential, suggesting higher catalytic activity. The present study is helpful for the understanding and screening of graphene‐based advanced carbon nanomaterials for potential electrochemical applications.     

Preparation of Polyethylene/Graphene Nanocomposites with Octadecylamine‐Modified Graphene Oxide‐MgCl‐Supported Ziegler–Natta Catalyst

In this work, an octadecylamine‐modified graphene oxide (ODA‐GO)‐MgCl‐supported Ziegler–Natta catalyst was synthesized by reacting ODA‐GO with a Grignard reagent, followed by anchoring TiCl₄ to the structure. The effect of the ODA‐GO on the catalyst morphology and ethylene polymerization behavior was examined. The resultant polyethylene (PE)/ODA‐GO nanocomposites directly mirrored the catalyst morphology by forming a layered morphology, and the ODA‐GO fillers were well dispersed in the PE matrix and showed strong interfacial adhesion with it. The resultant PE/ODA‐GO nanocomposites exhibited better thermal stability and mechanical properties than neat PE, even with a small amount of ODA‐GO added. Thus, this work provides a facile approach to the production of high‐performance PE. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017 , 55, 855–860     

Graphene/graphene oxide and their derivatives in the separation/isolation and preconcentration of protein species: A review

The distinctive/unique electrical, chemical and optical properties make graphene/graphene oxide-based materials popular in the field of analytical chemistry. Its large surface offers excellent capacity to anchor target analyte, making it an powerful sorbent in the adsorption and preconcentration of trace level analyte of interest in the field of sample preparation. The large delocalized π-electron system of graphene framework provides strong affinity to species containing aromatic rings, such as proteins, and the abundant active sites on its surface offers the chance to modulate adsorption tendency towards specific protein via functional modification/decoration. This review provides an overview of the current research on graphene/graphene oxide-based materials as attractive and powerful adsorption media in the separation/isolation and preconcentration of protein species from biological sample matrixes. These practices are aiming at providing protein sample of high purity for further investigations and applications, or to achieve certain extent of enrichment prior to quantitative assay. In addition, the challenges and future perspectives in the related research fields have been discussed.     

Graphene oxide‐SiO2 hybrid nanostructure as coating material for capillary electrochromatography

Graphene oxide (GO) has been considered as a promising stationary phase for chromatographic separation. However, the very strong adsorption of the analytes on the GO surface lead to the severe peak tailing, which in turn resulting in decreased separation performance. In this work, GO and silica nanoparticles hybrid nanostructures (GO/SiO₂ NPs@column) were coated onto the capillary inner wall by passing the mixture of GO and silica sol through the capillary column. The successful of coating of GO/SiO₂ NPs onto the capillary wall was confirmed by SEM and electroosmotic flow mobilities test. By partially covering the GO surface with silica nanoparticles, the peak tailing was decreased greatly while the unique high shape selectivity arises from the surface of remained GO was kept. Consequently, compared with the column modified with GO (GO@column), the column modified with GO and silica nanoparticles through layer‐by‐layer method (GO‐SiO₂ NPs@column), or the column modified with silica nanoparticles (SiO₂ NPs@column), GO/SiO₂ NPs@column possessed highest resolutions. The GO/SiO₂ NPs@column was applied to separate egg white and both acidic and basic proteins as well as three glycoisoforms of ovalbumin were separated in a single run within 36 min. The intra‐day, inter‐day, and column‐to‐column reproducibilities were evaluated by calculating the RSDs of the retention of naphthalene and biphenyl in open‐tubular capillary electrochromatography. The RSD values were found to be less than 7.1%.     

Adsorption and Kinetics Studies of Cr (VI) by Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide-Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite

In this work, graphene oxide (GO) and its reduced graphene oxide-zinc oxide nanocomposite (rGO-ZnO) was used for the removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous medium. By employing a variety of characterization techniques, morphological and structural properties of the adsorbents were determined. The adsorption study was done by varying concentration, temperature, pH, time, and amount of adsorbent. The results obtained confirmed that rGO-ZnO is a more economical and promising adsorbent for removing Cr (VI) as compared to GO. Kinetic study was also performed, which suggested that sorption of Cr (VI) follows the pseudo-first-order model. For equilibrium study, non-linear Langmuir was found a better fitted model than its linearized form. The maximum adsorption capacity calculated for GO and rGO-ZnO nanocomposite were 19.49 mg/g and 25.45 mg/g, respectively. Endothermic and spontaneous nature of adsorption was detected with positive values of ΔS (change in entropy), which reflects the structural changes happening at the liquid/solid interface.