ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

The structure of water around graphene oxide nanoparticles

Abstract: Graphene oxide (GO) is an important technical material. It forms a potential route to the production of chemically modified graphene and is easily produced from graphite. Although insulating the electrical conductivity of graphene oxide can be recovered by reduction. The formation of GO dispersions in solvents is important both during processing and understanding the interaction between GO and solvents will influence subsequent applications for example, liquid crystals. It is the goal of this rapid access proposal therefore to determine the structure of a common liquid solvents (water) surrounding the GO nanoparticles. In this proposal we will look at the structure of very concentrated GO suspensions. We aim to provide unequivocal measurement of the structure of water surrounding GO and use this experiment to develop further studies of GO in a range of different solvents.

Principal Investigator: Dr Martin Wilding
Experimenter: Dr Chris Howard
Experimenter: Dr Stephen Hodge
Experimenter: Dr Yue Lin
Experimenter: Dr Tom Headen

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1800092

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1800092

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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