Abstract
Experimental and theoretical results on chemical functionalization of graphene are reviewed. Using hydrogenated graphene as a model system, general principles of the chemical functionalization are formulated and discussed. It is shown that, as a rule, 100% coverage of graphene by complex functional groups (in contrast with hydrogen and fluorine) is unreachable. A possible destruction of graphene nanoribbons by fluorine is considered. The functionalization of infinite graphene and graphene nanoribbons by oxygen and by hydrofluoric acid is simulated step by step.
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GrapheneSurface modificationGraphene nanoribbonsMaterials scienceFluorineHydrofluoric acidChemical modificationNanotechnologyHydrogenChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymer chemistryPhysical chemistry
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- 2009
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- 21
- Issue
- 34
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- 344205-344205
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- 449
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Danil W. Boukhvalov,
M. I. Katsnelson
(2009).
Chemical functionalization of graphene.
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
, 21
(34)
, 344205-344205.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/34/344205
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- DOI
- 10.1088/0953-8984/21/34/344205