Special Issue Description


Authors : D. A.Fendarkar, S. R. Thakare, S. M. Ramteke, J. N. Thakare, M. R. Pal, V. R. Bahekar, K. K. Urkude, C. C. Bidkar, S. B. Gawande, A. N. Ingole, R. S. Mahajan and D. B. Patil

Page Nos : 25-31

Description :
Abstract: Graphene is a material that has generated enormous research interest and activity in the past few years due to its remarkable properties and wide applications in fields, such as nanoelectronics, sensors, nanocomposites, batteries, supercapacitors, hydrogen storage, transparent conductors and energy storage materials. (Reduced) graphene oxide have a great potential as a functional chemical building block in fabrication of various carbon-based nanostructures and their composites, for which chemical functionalization of the materials is critically important. Functionalization of graphene is one of the key topics in graphene research. Graphene has found to be the best known transparent conductor or semiconductor. The graphene was synthesized by using chemical methods. This article aims to provide broad-based coverage on the recent solution-based functionalization methods of graphene in a concise and mechanistic manner. We focus on the reactions of the graphene sp2 backbone, such as nucleophilic addition, cycloaddition, free radical additions, substitutions and rearrangement, and reduction of graphene oxide and its various environmental applications.

Date of Online: 30 Special Issue-2, Feb. 2015