Graphene microtubings: Controlled fabrication and site-specific functionalization

Chuangang Hu, Yang Zhao, Huhu Cheng, Yanhong Wang, Zelin Dong, Changcheng Jiang, Xiangquan Zhai, Lan Jiang, Liangti Qu*

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Abstract

Manipulating graphene through engineering for macroscopic assemblies of practical importance is a big challenge. We develop a dually geometric confinement approach for the scalable preparation of meter-long graphene microtubings (μGTs) with a tunable diameter. They have strength comparable to graphene fiber and can be shaped to hierarchical multichannel μGT systems in a straightforward way. Of particular importance, μGTs can be selectively functionalized in a site-specific outer-wall, inner-wall, outer/inner-wall, and within-wall fashion, which endows the μGTs with unique properties for desirable applications. Apart from the magnetically and photoelectronically responsive μGTs developed here, a self-powered micromotor made of Pt inner-wall modified μGT showing agile motion in aqueous medium has been also achieved. Beyond the applications demonstrated in this study, the well-defined μGT systems can also play essential role in other important fields such as fluidics, catalysis, purification, separation, and sensing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5879-5884
Number of pages6
JournalNano Letters
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2012

Keywords

  • Graphene
  • macroscopic assembly
  • micromotor
  • microtubing
  • site-specific functionalization

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Hu, C., Zhao, Y., Cheng, H., Wang, Y., Dong, Z., Jiang, C., Zhai, X., Jiang, L., & Qu, L. (2012). Graphene microtubings: Controlled fabrication and site-specific functionalization. Nano Letters, 12(11), 5879-5884. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl303243h