Reduced graphene oxide/poly (ionic liquid) functionalized nano-fibrillated cellulose composite paper with significant enhancement of mechanical strength, ductility, toughness and hydrophobicity was fabricated by vacuum filtration assisted assembly.

Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) can image graphene oxide (GO) flakes on insulating and conducting substrates. The contrast between GO and the substrate is controlled by the electrostatic interactions that are established between the charges of the molecular redox mediator and the charges present in the sheet/substrate. SECM also allows quantitative measurement - at the nano/microscal...

Novel products often have a multitude of nanomaterials embedded; likewise within many graphite-based are decorated with nano-zirconium oxide (nZrO2) because graphene is an ultrahigh conductive material whereas nZrO2 for instance fire-retardant. As consequence, the pristine/isolated nanoparticle has unique beneficial properties but it no longer only compound that needs to be considered in risk a...

Toner is a main component of electrophotographic printing and copying processes. One of the most important ingredients of toner is magnetite (Fe3O4) which provides the tribocharging property for toner particles. In this study, nano- and microparticles of Fe3O4 were synthesized using the coprecipitation method and different amounts of lauric acid as a surfactant. The synthesized nano and micro F...

Graphene with ultrahigh intrinsic strength and excellent thermal physical properties has the potential to be used as the reinforcement of many kinds of composites. Here, we show that very high tensile strength can be obtained in the copper matrix composite reinforced by reduced graphene oxide (RGO) when micro-layered structure is achieved. RGO-Cu powder with micro-layered structure is fabricate...

Graphene as a star in materials research has been attracting tremendous attentions in the past few years in various fields including biomedicine. In this work, for the first time we successfully use graphene as a non-toxic nano-vehicle for efficient gene transfection. Graphene oxide (GO) is bound with cationic polymers, polyethyleneimine (PEI) with two different molecular weights at 1.2 kDa and...

Highly enhanced Raman scattering of graphene on a plasmonic nano-structure platform is demonstrated. The plasmonic platform consists of silver nano-structures in a periodic array on top of a gold mirror. The gold mirror is used to move the hot spot to the top surface of the silver nano-structures, where the graphene is located. Two different nano-structures, ring and crescent, are studied. The ...

Selenium (Se) is a problematic contaminant for many regions worldwide. Adsorption is by far the most researched and most promising method in treating Se laden waters. The major limitations in using those adsorbents are the preferential adsorption for either selenite (SeO3) or selenate (SeO4) and interferences by anions such as phosphates. The objective of this study was to remove Se from aqueou...

Herein, graphene oxide is produced by electrochemical oxidation method from graphite rod to examine its hydrogen peroxide sensing ability. The electrochemically produced graphene oxide is characterized by SEM and XRD. A few layers of Graphene Oxide(GO) sheets and corrugations in graphene sheets appeared intensely crumpled and folded into a typical wrinkled structure after electrochemical oxidat...

The fluorescent emission of the thermolyzed Pseudomonas aeruginosa suspensions was measured in order to get a quantitative indicator upon the pyoverdine synthesis – as molecular basis of iron acquisition system of the bacterial cells. The influence of iron ions on the dynamics of pyoverdine was studied by supplying nano-sized iron oxide suspensions in the bacteria culture medium. The stimulator...