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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2022

Grafting Ink for Direct Writing: Solvation Activated Covalent Functionalization of Graphene.

Yuanzhi Xia, Li Sun, Samuel Eyley, Brent Daelemans, Wim Thielemans, Johannes Seibel, Steven De Feyter

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Orthogonal Functionalization of Oxo-Graphene Nanoribbons.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Grafting Ink for Direct Writing: Solvation Activated Covalent Functionalization of Graphene.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuanzhi XiaDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
Li SunDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
Samuel EyleyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Materials Lab, KU Leuven, Campus Kulak Kortrijk, E. Sabbelaan 53, Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-8455
Brent DaelemansDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5242-9202
Wim ThielemansDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Materials Lab, KU Leuven, Campus Kulak Kortrijk, E. Sabbelaan 53, Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-1964
Johannes SeibelDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.
Steven De FeyterDepartment of Chemistry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, B-3001, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0909-9292
KU Leuven · BEVlakwa · BE

Funding

China Scholarship Council 201706890021China Scholarship Council 201808320355KU Leuven-Internal Funds C14/18/061KU Leuven-Internal Funds C14/19/079Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship 789865-EnSurfThe Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) EOS 30489208The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) G081518NThe Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) G0A1219N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Covalent functionalization of graphene (CFG) has shown attractive advantages in tuning the electronic, mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of graphene. However, facile, large-scale, controllable, and highly efficient CFG remains challenging and often involves highly reactive and volatile compounds, requiring complex control of the reaction conditions. Here, a diazonium-based grafting ink consisting of only two components, i.e., an aryl diazonium salt and the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is presented. The efficient functionalization is attributed to the combination of the solvation of the diazonium cations by DMSO and n-doping of graphene by DMSO, thereby promoting electron transfer (ET) from graphene to the diazonium cations, resulting in the generation of aryl radicals which subsequently react with the graphene. The grafting density of CFG is controlled by the reaction time and very high levels of functionalization, up to the failing of the Tuinstra-Koenig (T-K) relation, while the functionalization layer remains at monolayer height. The grafting ink, effective for days at room temperature, can be used at ambient conditions and renders the patterning CFG by direct writing as easy as writing on paper. In combination with thermal sample treatment, reversible functionalization is possible by subsequent writing/erasing cycles.

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covalent functionalization of graphenedirect writingelectron transfergrafting inkgraphene patterningreversible functionalizationsolvation

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PMID35419972
PMCPMC9259721
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