A versatile route to edge-specific modifications to pristine graphene by electrophilic aromatic substitution

Philippa M Shellard; Thunyaporn Srisubin; Mirja Hartmann; Joseph Butcher; Fan Fei; Henry Cox; Thomas P McNamara; Trevor McArdle; Ashley M Shepherd; Robert M J Jacobs; Thomas A Waigh; Sabine L Flitsch; Christopher F Blanford

doi:10.1007/s10853-020-04662-y

A versatile route to edge-specific modifications to pristine graphene by electrophilic aromatic substitution

J Mater Sci. 2020;55(24):10284-10302. doi: 10.1007/s10853-020-04662-y. Epub 2020 May 9.

Authors

Philippa M Shellard^#^{1

2}, Thunyaporn Srisubin^#^{2

3}, Mirja Hartmann^{1

2}, Joseph Butcher^{1

2}, Fan Fei^{2

3}, Henry Cox^{4

5}, Thomas P McNamara^{2

3}, Trevor McArdle^{2

3}, Ashley M Shepherd⁶, Robert M J Jacobs⁶, Thomas A Waigh^{4

5}, Sabine L Flitsch^{1

2}, Christopher F Blanford^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
² Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN UK.
³ Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
⁴ Biological Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
⁵ Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
⁶ Chemical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA UK.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Electrophilic aromatic substitution produces edge-specific modifications to CVD graphene and graphene nanoplatelets that are suitable for specific attachment of biomolecules.

Grants and funding

MC_PC_12018/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom