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TY - JOUR
T1 - Area-selective passivation of sp2 carbon surfaces by supramolecular self-assembly
AU - Li, Z.
AU - Van Gorp, H.
AU - Walke, P.
AU - Phan, T.H.
AU - Fujita, Y.
AU - Greenwood, J.
AU - Ivasenko, O.
AU - Tahara, K.
AU - Tobe, Y.
AU - Uji-I, H.
AU - Mertens, S.F.L.
AU - De Feyter, S.
PY - 2017/4/28
Y1 - 2017/4/28
N2 - Altering the chemical reactivity of graphene can offer new opportunities for various applications. Here, we report that monolayers of densely packed n-pentacontane significantly reduce the covalent grafting of aryl radicals to graphitic surfaces. The effect is highly local in nature and on fully covered substrates grafting can occur only at monolayer imperfections such as interdomain borders and vacancy defects. Grafting partially covered substrates primarily results in the covalent modification of uncoated areas.
AB - Altering the chemical reactivity of graphene can offer new opportunities for various applications. Here, we report that monolayers of densely packed n-pentacontane significantly reduce the covalent grafting of aryl radicals to graphitic surfaces. The effect is highly local in nature and on fully covered substrates grafting can occur only at monolayer imperfections such as interdomain borders and vacancy defects. Grafting partially covered substrates primarily results in the covalent modification of uncoated areas.
KW - Grafting (chemical)
KW - Monolayers
KW - Self assembly
KW - Vacancies
KW - Area selective
KW - Carbon surface
KW - Covalent grafting
KW - Covalent modifications
KW - Inter-domain
KW - Supramolecular self-assemblies
KW - Vacancy Defects
KW - Carbon
U2 - 10.1039/c7nr00022g
DO - 10.1039/c7nr00022g
M3 - Journal article
VL - 9
SP - 5188
EP - 5193
JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
SN - 2040-3364
IS - 16
ER -