One-pot Exfoliation, Functionalization, and Size Manipulation of Graphene Sheets: Efficient System for Biomedical Applications

Overview

Journal Lasers Med Sci

Publisher Springer

Date 2017 Dec 22

PMID 29264722

Citations 3

Authors

Farhad Bani

Ali Bodaghi

Abbas Dadkhah

Soodabeh Movahedi

Narges Bodaghabadi

Majid Sadeghizadeh

Mohsen Adeli

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Abstract

In this work, we reported a facile method to produce stable aqueous graphene dispersion through direct exfoliation of graphite by modified hyperbranched polyglycerol. Size of graphene sheets was manipulated by simultaneous exfoliation and sonication of graphite, and functionalized graphene sheets with narrow size distribution were obtained. The polyglycerol-functionalized graphene sheets exhibited highly efficient cellular uptake and photothermal conversion, enabling it to serve as a photothermal agent for cancer therapy.

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