Engineering graphene by oxidation: a first principles study

Details Engineering graphene by oxidation: a first principles study Engineering graphene by oxidation: a first principles study

2009-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/0902.1237v1

Nanotechnology 21 (4), 045704-7 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

17 pages (4 figures, 1 table)

Scientific paper

10.1088/0957-4484/21/4/045704

Graphene epoxide, with oxygen atoms lining up on pristine graphene sheets, is investigated theoretically in this Letter. Two distinct phases: metastable clamped and unzipped structures are unveiled in consistence with experiments. In the stable (unzipped) phase, epoxy group breaks underneath sp2 bond and modifies the mechanical and electronic properties of graphene remarkably. The foldable epoxy ring structure reduces its Young's modulus by 42.4%, while leaves the tensile strength almost unchanged. Epoxidation also perturbs the pi state and opens semiconducting gap for both phases, with dependence on the density of epoxidation. In the unzipped structures, localized states revealed near the Fermi level resembles the edge states in graphene nanoribbons. The study reported here paves the way for oxidation-based functionalization of graphene-related materials.

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