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Detecting the Biopolymer Behavior of Graphene Nanoribbons in Aqueous Solution
- Source :
- Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2016.
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Abstract
- Graphene nanoribbons (GNR), can be prepared in bulk quantities for large-area applications by reducing the product from the lengthwise oxidative unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT). Recently, the biomaterials application of GNR has been explored, for example, in the pore to be used for DNA sequencing. Therefore, understanding the polymer behavior of GNR in solution is essential in predicting GNR interaction with biomaterials. Here, we report experimental studies of the solution-based mechanical properties of GNR and their parent products, graphene oxide nanoribbons (GONR). We used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study their mechanical properties in solution and showed that GNR and GONR have similar force-extension behavior as in biopolymers such as proteins and DNA. The rigidity increases with reducing chemical functionalities. The similarities in rigidity and tunability between nanoribbons and biomolecules might enable the design and fabrication of GNR-biomimetic interfaces.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Multidisciplinary
Aqueous solution
Fabrication
Materials science
Graphene
Biomolecule
Oxide
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
Polymer
engineering.material
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Article
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
law
0103 physical sciences
engineering
Biopolymer
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Graphene nanoribbons
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....66246963a88d460e2d7f9652d017e9b3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31174