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Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphite Towards Solubilized Graphenes†

  1. Athanasios B. Bourlinos1,*,
  2. Vasilios Georgakilas1,*,
  3. Radek Zboril2,
  4. Theodore A. Steriotis3,
  5. Athanasios K. Stubos4

Article first published online: 30 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900242

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Volume 5, Issue 16, pages 1841–1845, August 17, 2009

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Bourlinos, A. B., Georgakilas, V., Zboril, R., Steriotis, T. A. and Stubos, A. K. (2009), Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphite Towards Solubilized Graphenes. Small, 5: 1841–1845. doi: 10.1002/smll.200900242

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, Athens 15310 (Greece)

  2. 2

    Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University Svobody 26, Olomouc 77146 (Czech Republic)

  3. 3

    Institute of Physical Chemistry, NCSR “Demokritos” Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, Athens 15310 (Greece)

  4. 4

    Institute of Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection Environmental Research Laboratory, NCSR “Demokritos” Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, Athens 15310 (Greece)

*Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, Athens 15310 (Greece).

  1. †

    This work was supported by the projects of the ministry of education of the Czech Republic (1M6198959201 and MSM6198959218). We also thank D. Jancik and M. Vujtek for their technical assistance in the microscopy studies.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 AUG 2009
  2. Article first published online: 30 APR 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 17 MAR 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 FEB 2009

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Keywords:

  • graphene;
  • graphite;
  • liquid-phase exfoliation;
  • solubilization;
  • solvent effects
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Colloidal graphene: Treatment of graphite powder with a series of certain aromatic solvents under sonication leads to the homologous set of colloidal dispersions containing solubilized graphenes (see image).

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