Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Our first principles calculations reveal that an oxidative cut of graphene is realized by forming epoxy and then carbonyl pairs. Direct formation of a carbonyl pair to tear graphene up from an edge position is not favorable in energy. This atomic picture is valuable for developing effective means of graphene manipulation. The proposed epoxy pairs may be related to some long puzzling experimental observations on graphene oxide.
DOI: 10.1021/ja8094729
Authors: Zhenyu Li, Wenhua Zhang, Yi Luo, Jinlong Yang, Jian Guo Hou
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2052782136