Bio-inspired borate cross-linking in ultra-stiff graphene oxide thin films.

An, Zhi; Compton, Owen C; Putz, Karl W; Brinson, L Catherine; Nguyen, SonBinh T · Adv Mater · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Adjacent graphene oxide nanosheets in a thin-film structure have been covalently cross-linked in a fashion similar to the cell walls of higher-order plants. The resulting ultra-stiff structure exhibits a maximum storage modulus of 127 GPa that can be tuned by varying borate concentration.

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