Scrolling up graphene oxide nanosheets assisted by self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols

Lin Wang, Peng Yang, Yang Liu, Xiangru Fang, Xiaotong Shi, Shiyu Wu, Ling Huang, Hai Li, Xiao Huang, Wei Huang

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Abstract

We report a simple and novel method for the fabrication of high-quality nanoscrolls of graphene oxide (GO) and graphene oxide decorated with silver nanoparticles (GO-Ag) on a gold substrate through a scrolling process assisted by the self-assembly of alkanethiol monolayers. The yield and rate of the scrolling process were highly dependent on the lengths of the alkanethiol molecules, and could be well described by power law functions. Importantly, compared to nanosheets, nanoscrolls of GO and GO-Ag showed superior performance in humidity sensing due to their unique scrolled structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9997-10001
Number of pages5
JournalNanoscale
Volume9
Issue number28
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jul 2017

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