Attaching DNA to nanomaterials is the basis for DNA-directed assembly, sensing, and drug delivery using such hybrid materials. Poly-cytosine (poly-C) DNA is a high affinity ligand for four types of commonly used nanomaterials, including nanocarbons (graphene oxide and single-walled carbon nanotubes), transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS2 and WS2 ), metal oxides (Fe3 O4 and ZnO), and metal nano...

Investigation of the redox properties of drugs and their determination are performed by electrochemical techniques. Data obtained from electrochemical techniques are often correlated with molecular structure and pharmacological activity of drugs. In this regard, different modified electrodes were applied as sensors for quantification of different drugs. A nanocomposite of reduced graphene oxide...

Large scale preparation of single-layer graphene and graphene oxide is of great importance due to their potential applications. We report a simple room temperature method for the exfoliation of graphene oxide using covalent modification of graphene oxide with ferrocene to obtain single-layer graphene oxide sheets. The samples were characterized by FESEM, HRTEM, AFM, EDAX, FT-IR, Raman and Mössb...

The novel approach for deposition of iron oxide nanoparticles with narrow size distribution supported on different sized graphene oxide was reported. Two different samples with different size distributions of graphene oxide (0.5 to 7 μm and 1 to 3 μm) were selectively prepared, and the influence of the flake size distribution on the mitochondrial activity of L929 with WST1 assay in vitro study ...

We developed an approach for determining distances between carbon nanoparticles and grafted paramagnetic ions and molecules by means of nuclear spin-lattice relaxation data. The approach was applied to copper-, cobalt- and gadolinium-grafted nanodiamonds, iron-grafted graphenes, manganese-grafted graphene oxide and activated carbon fibers that adsorb paramagnetic oxygen molecules. Our findings ...

Herein we report the covalent grafting of chitosan on graphene oxide (GO) followed by a simple approach for anchoring silver (AgNPs) and gold (AuNPs) nanoparticles onto a chitosan grafted graphene oxide surface by a NaBH4 reduction method. Catalytic activity of prepared heterogeneous GO grafted chitosan stabilized silver and gold nanocatalysts (GO-Chit-Ag/AuNPs) was explored for the reduction o...

Olivine-type lithium transition-metal phosphates LiMPO4 (M=Fe, Mn, Co, or Ni) have been intensively investigated as promising cathode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries (LIBs) owing to their high capacity, excellent cycle life, thermal stability, environmental benignity, and low cost. However, the inherently low ionic and electrical conductivities of LiMPO4 seriously limit Li + in...

A novel electrode material based on graphene oxide (GO)-polypyrrole (PPy) composites was synthesized by in situ chemical oxidation polymerization. Palladium nanoparticles (NPs) with a diameter of 4.0 nm were loaded on the reduced graphene oxide(RGO)-PPy composites by a microwave-assisted polyol process. Microstructure analysis showed that a layer of coated PPy film with monodisperse Pd NPs is p...

   Here, we report that the reduced graphene oxide nanosheets were successfully synthesized using the ‎Lactobacillus plantarum biomass in a simple, environmentally friendly and scalable manner. We ‎produced graphene oxide by oxidization and exfoliation of graphite flakes with modified Hummer's ‎method and then reduced to reduced graphene oxide by using Lactobacillus plantarum biomass as a ‎...

Graphene is a new material consisting of single layer of sp 2 – bonded carbon atoms. Since its discovery in 2004 [1] graphene has emerged as the “material of the future” due to its unique nanostructure and electrical, thermal and mechanical properties [2,3]. Graphene is now considered as a promising material for application in various technological fields such as transparent conductive films [4...