Nitrene addition to exfoliated graphene: a one-step route to highly functionalized graphene

T Amanda Strom; Eoghan P Dillon; Christopher E Hamilton; Andrew R Barron

doi:10.1039/c001488e

Nitrene addition to exfoliated graphene: a one-step route to highly functionalized graphene

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jun 21;46(23):4097-9. doi: 10.1039/c001488e. Epub 2010 May 10.

Authors

T Amanda Strom¹, Eoghan P Dillon, Christopher E Hamilton, Andrew R Barron

Affiliation

¹ Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, and Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

PMID: 20458401
DOI: 10.1039/c001488e

Abstract

We demonstrate a high yield method of functionalizing graphene nanosheets through nitrene addition of azido-phenylalanine [Phe(N(3))] to exfoliated micro-crystalline graphite (microG). This method provides a direct route to highly functionalized graphene sheets. TEM analysis of the product shows few layer (n < 5) graphene sheets. The product was determined to have 1 phenylalanine substituent per 13 carbons.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Azides / chemistry
Carbon / chemistry*
Crystallization
Imines / chemistry*
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanostructures / ultrastructure
Nanotechnology / methods*
Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives
Phenylalanine / chemistry
Surface Properties

Substances

Azides
Imines
phenylnitrene
4-azidophenylalanine
Phenylalanine
Carbon