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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The fabrication of flexible multilayer graphene oxide (GO) membrane and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using a rare form of high-purity natural graphite, vein graphite, is reported for the first time. Graphite oxide is synthesized using vein graphite following Hummer’s method. By facilitating functionalized graphene sheets in graphite oxide to self-assemble, a multilayer GO membrane is fabricated. Electric arc discharge is used to synthesis CNTs from vein graphite. Both multilayer GO membrane and CNTs are investigated using microscopy and spectroscopy experiments, i.e., scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), core level photoelectron spectroscopy, and C K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS), to characterize …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
9 May 2013
Authors: 

AR Kumarasinghe, Lilantha Samaranayake, Federica Bondino, Elana Magnano, Nilwala Kottegoda, Elvio Carlino, UN Ratnayake, AAP De Alwis, Veranja Karunaratne, Gehan AJ Amaratunga

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Volume: 117 Issue: 18 Pages: 9507-9519
Origin: 
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C