Covalently linked, water-dispersible, cyclodextrin: reduced-graphene oxide sheets |
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Authors: | Bharathi Konkena Sukumaran Vasudevan |
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Institution: | Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560012, India. |
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Abstract: | Reduced-graphene oxide (rGO) sheets have been functionalized by covalently linking β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) cavities to the sheets via an amide linkage. The functionalized β-CD:rGO sheets, in contrast to rGO, are dispersible over a wide range of pH values (2-13). Zeta potential measurements indicate that there is more than one factor responsible for the dispersibility. We show here that planar aromatic molecules adsorbed on the rGO sheet as well as nonplanar molecules included in the tethered β-CD cavities have their fluorescence effectively quenched by the β-CD:rGO sheets. The β-CD:rGO sheets combine the hydrophobicity associated with rGO along with the hydrophobicity of the cyclodextrin cavities in a single water-dispersible material. |
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