石墨烯修饰Y型TiO2纳米管光电极制备及其对氨氮催化氧化性能

采用三步阳极氧化法和一步循环伏安电沉积法制备了还原氧化石墨烯（rGO）修饰的Y型TiO₂纳米管阵列（rGO/Y-TiO₂ NTs）电极。通过场发射电子扫描显微镜（FESEM）、能量色散X荧光光谱（EDX）、X射线衍射（XRD）、紫外可见漫反射光谱（UV-Vis）及拉曼光谱（Raman）等对电极样品进行了表征。以rGO/Y-TiO₂ NTs电极为光阳极,测试了不同循环伏安沉积圈数对电极光电流响应的影响,考察了在1.0 V偏压下电极对氨氮的光电催化氧化性能。结果表明,高度有序的Y-TiO₂ NTs为锐钛矿型,具有大的比表面积,表面修饰平滑透明rGO薄膜后可显著提高其光电催化效率,沉积圈数为30时电极在30 min内对氨氮的光电催化氧化效率为95.9%。     

石墨烯对Ni（OH）2超级电容器材料电化学行为的影响

研究了氧化缺陷石墨烯对Ni(OH)2电化学性能的增强作用.实验上,由恒电位沉积法在石墨烯基底上制备Ni(OH)2纳米粒子/石墨烯复合材料.TEM观察和电化学测试表明,Ni(OH)2纳米粒子均匀地分散在石墨烯基底上,其粒径为5.0±0.5 nm,体系的质量比电容值为1928 F.g-1.量化计算表明,上述复合材料乃是通过Ni(OH)2与石墨烯表面功能基团的强化学作用相结合而导电的,电子则是自石墨烯基底经氧化缺陷向Ni(OH)2传递,导致Ni(OH)2带负电,从而形成Ni(OH)2纳米粒子的单向导电行为.     

Atomistic evaluation of the stress concentration factor of graphene sheets having circular holes

Stress concentration factor concept has been developed for single-layered graphene sheets (SLGSs) with circular holes through an atomistic point of view by the application of molecular structural mechanics (MSM) approach. In this approach the response of SLGSs against unidirectional tensile loading is matched to the response of a frame-like macro structure containing beam elements by making an equivalence between strain energies of beam elements in MSM and potential energies of chemical bonds of SLGSs. Both chirality and size effects are considered and the atomistic evaluation of stress concentration factor is performed for different sizes of circular holes. Also, molecular dynamics simulations are implemented to verify the existence and location of the predicted stress concentration. The results reveal that size effects and the diameters of circular holes have a significant influence on the stress concentration factor of SLGSs and armchair SLGSs show a larger value of stress concentration than zigzag ones.     

电化学法制备石墨烯基复合材料及其在超级电容器中的研究进展

石墨烯及其复合材料作为一种新型功能材料在能量存储领域受到广泛的关注。电化学制备技术相比于其他的制备手段具有安全、高效、绿色的优点。本文综述了电化学法制备石墨烯/纳米金属复合材料、石墨烯/金属氧化物(氢氧化物)复合材料、石墨烯/聚合物复合材料等的研究进展及其在超级电容器上的应用,以期为电化学制备石墨烯及其复合材料在超电领域的研究提供参考。     

基于石墨烯谐振沟道晶体管的高频纳米机电系统信号读取研究

结合石墨烯场效应晶体管和机械谐振原理,研究了基于本地背栅石墨烯谐振沟道晶体管(RCT) 的高频机械信号直接读取方法.利用机械剥离法获得的石墨烯,提出了一种基于刻蚀技术的器件制备方法, 并实现了栅长和栅宽分别为1 μm的本地背栅RCT.实验结果表明,在室温下RCT的谐振频率范围为57.5–88.25 MHz.研究结果对加速石墨烯纳米机电系统和高频低噪声器件的应用有着重要作用. 关键词： 石墨烯 谐振沟道晶体管 纳米机电系统     

Spin-dependent transport induced by magnetization in zigzag graphene nanoribbons coupled to one-dimensional leads

We study spin transport in a zigzag graphene nanoribbon sample with two ferromagnetic strips deposited on the two sides of the ribbon. A tight-binding Hamiltonian was adopted to describe the sample connected to two one-dimensional leads. Our theoretical study shows that the resonance peaks of conductance for the spin-up and spin-down electrons are separated for the parallel configuration of the ferromagnetic strips, while they are not separated for the case of antiparallel configuration. This means that giant magnetoresistance can be produced at particular energies by altering the configurations of the ferromagnetic strips, and the device can be designed as a spin filter.     

Vacancy filling effect of graphene on photoluminescence behavior of ZnO/graphene nanocomposite

We report on the aerosol synthesis and optical characterization of ZnO/unoxidized graphene (UG) platelets nanocomposite films with high optical transparency (>85% at visible wavelengths). The ZnO/UG composite films, in which UG nanoplatelets are embedded in nano‐grained ZnO, were fabricated from colloidal suspensions of UG platelets with an aqueous zinc precursor. From photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the UG composite films, it was found that PL intensity decreases with the addition of UG platelets. The features of PL intensity in the UG composites are in contrast to that of ZnO/graphene oxide (G‐O) platelets composites, and can be explained by the absence of an oxygen vacancy filling effect, due to the unoxidized nature of UG and an increase in defect sites in its composites. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Ultrasensitive terahertz/infrared waveguide modulators based on multilayer graphene metamaterials

This paper studies and classifies the electromagnetic regimes of multilayer graphene‐dielectric artificial metamaterials in the terahertz/infrared range. The employment of such composites for waveguide‐integrated modulators is analysed and three examples of novel tunable devices are presented. The first one is a modulator with excellent ON‐state transmission and very high modulation depth: >38 dB at 70 meV graphene's electrochemical potential (Fermi energy) change. The second one is a modulator with extreme sensitivity towards graphene's Fermi energy ‐ a minute 1 meV variation of the latter leads to >13.2 dB modulation depth. The third one is a tunable waveguide‐based passband filter. The narrow‐band cut‐off conditions around the ON‐state allow the latter to shift its central frequency by 1.25% per every meV graphene's Fermi energy change.     

Physical properties and device applications of graphene oxide

Graphene oxide (GO), the functionalized graphene with oxygenated groups (mainly epoxy and hydroxyl), has attracted resurgent interests in the past decade owing to its large surface area, superior physical and chemical properties, and easy composition with other materials via surface functional groups. Usually, GO is used as an important raw material for mass production of graphene via reduction. However, under different conditions, the coverage, types, and arrangements of oxygen-containing groups in GO can be varied, which give rise to excellent and controllable physical properties, such as tunable electronic and mechanical properties depending closely on oxidation degree, suppressed thermal conductivity, optical transparency and fluorescence, and nonlinear optical properties. Based on these outstanding properties, many electronic, optical, optoelectronic, and thermoelectric devices with high performance can be achieved on the basis of GO. Here we present a comprehensive review on recent progress of GO, focusing on the atomic structures, fundamental physical properties, and related device applications, including transparent and flexible conductors, field-effect transistors, electrical and optical sensors, fluorescence quenchers, optical limiters and absorbers, surface enhanced Raman scattering detectors, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, and thermal rectifiers.     

Fluorescence Turn-On Analysis of Trace Protein Based on Carbon Nanodots and Hybridization Chain Reaction

In this work, an ultrasensitive method for trace protein detection based on fluorescent carbon nanodots and hybridization chain reaction (HCR) is designed. Generally, the synthesized bright carbon nanodots are conjugated with two hairpin-structured DNA probes, respectively, which act as subsequent HCR fuel strands. Since single-stranded parts of DNA probes could be easily absorbed on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, fluorescence emission of carbon nanodots is effectively quenched via fluorescence resonance energy transfer. However, in the presence of target protein, the aptamer sequence in another hairpin-structured DNA probe specially interacts with target and the hairpin is opened. A single-stranded region is thus exposed, which initiates HCR by coupling with the DNA fuel strands on carbon nanodots. The formed HCR product displays a rigid, long double-stranded structure, which facilitates the release of carbon nanodots from GO surface. As a result, fluorescence of carbon nanodots is recovered and initial concentration of target protein can be estimated. This protein detection method shows a favorable linear response with a low limit of detection (2.3 fg mL⁻¹). Furthermore, it is highly selective and capable of detecting target in biological fluids like serum samples, which demonstrates the promising applications of this method.