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ArticleSmall methods2026

Correlative Chemical Imaging to Reveal the Nature of Different Commercial Graphene Materials.

Robert Schusterbauer, Paul Mrkwitschka, Mario Sahre, Elena Corrao, Amaia Zurutuza, Alexander Doolin, Francesco Pellegrino, Jörg Radnik, Ievgen S Donskyi, Vasile-Dan Hodoroaba

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Article in Small methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Robert SchusterbauerFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.
Paul MrkwitschkaFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.
Mario SahreFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.
Elena CorraoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
Amaia ZurutuzaGraphenea S.A., San Sebastián, Spain.
Alexander DoolinHaydale Graphene Industries PLC, Ammanford, UK.
Francesco PellegrinoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
Jörg RadnikFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.
Ievgen S DonskyiFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-4030
Vasile-Dan HodoroabaFederal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Division 6.1 Surface and Thin Film Analysis, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7901-6114

Funding

European Union's Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Programme 101092796HORIZON EUROPE Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness 101092796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proper physicochemical characterization of advanced materials and complex industrial composites remains a significant challenge, particularly for nanomaterials, whose nanoscale dimensions and mostly complex chemistry challenge the analysis. In this work, we employed a correlative analytical approach that integrates atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), and Raman spectroscopy. This combination enables detailed chemical and structural characterization with sub-micrometer spatial resolution. Three commercial graphene-based materials of varying complexity were selected and investigated to test the analytical performance of this approach. Furthermore, one of the commercial graphene oxide samples was chemically functionalized via amination and fluorination. This allowed us to assess how surface modifications influence both the material properties and the limits of the applied analytical techniques.

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analytical methodscommercial productscorrelative analysisgraphenesurface imaging

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PMID41630166
PMCPMC13159395

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