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Kouloumpis A, Vourdas N, Zygouri P, Chalmpes N, Potsi G, Kostas V, Spyrou K, Stathopoulos VN, Gournis D, Rudolf P. Controlled deposition of fullerene derivatives within a graphene template by means of a modified Langmuir-Schaefer method. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 524:388-398. [PMID: 29674283 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Antonios Kouloumpis
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece; Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- School of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Sterea Ellada, 34400 Psachna, Evia, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece; Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece; Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- School of Technological Applications, Technological Educational Institute of Sterea Ellada, 34400 Psachna, Evia, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Kouloumpis A, Thomou E, Chalmpes N, Dimos K, Spyrou K, Bourlinos AB, Koutselas I, Gournis D, Rudolf P. Graphene/Carbon Dot Hybrid Thin Films Prepared by a Modified Langmuir-Schaefer Method. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:2090-2099. [PMID: 31457563 PMCID: PMC6641009 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The special electronic, optical, thermal, and mechanical properties of graphene resulting from its 2D nature, as well as the ease of functionalizing it through a simple acid treatment, make graphene an ideal building block for the development of new hybrid nanostructures with well-defined dimensions and behavior. Such hybrids have great potential as active materials in applications such as gas storage, gas/liquid separation, photocatalysis, bioimaging, optoelectronics, and nanosensing. In this study, luminescent carbon dots (C-dots) were sandwiched between oxidized graphene sheets to form novel hybrid multilayer films. Our thin-film preparation approach combines self-assembly with the Langmuir-Schaefer deposition and uses graphene oxide nanosheets as template for grafting C-dots in a bidimensional array. Repeating the cycle results in a facile and low-cost layer-by-layer procedure for the formation of highly ordered hybrid multilayers, which were characterized by photoluminescence, UV-visible, X-ray photoelectron, and Raman spectroscopies, as well as X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonios Kouloumpis
- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Department
of Materials Science, University of Patras, GR-26504 Patras, Greece
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- Department of Materials Science
and Engineering and Physics Department, University of Ioannina, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, NL-9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Dallavalle M, Leonzio M, Calvaresi M, Zerbetto F. Explaining Fullerene Dispersion by using Micellar Solutions. Chemphyschem 2014; 15:2998-3005. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ariga K, Yamauchi Y, Mori T, Hill JP. 25th anniversary article: what can be done with the Langmuir-Blodgett method? Recent developments and its critical role in materials science. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2013; 25:6477-512. [PMID: 24302266 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 276] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique is known as an elegant method for fabrication of well-defined layered structures with molecular level precision. Since its discovery the LB method has made an indispensable contribution to surface science, physical chemistry, materials chemistry and nanotechnology. However, recent trends in research might suggest the decline of the LB method as alternate methods for film fabrication such as layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly have emerged. Is LB film technology obsolete? This review is presented in order to challenge this preposterous question. In this review, we summarize recent research on LB and related methods including (i) advanced design for LB films, (ii) LB film as a medium for supramolecular chemistry, (iii) LB technique for nanofabrication and (iv) LB involving advanced nanomaterials. Finally, a comparison between LB and LbL techniques is made. The latter reveals the crucial role played by LB techniques in basic surface science, current advanced material sciences and nanotechnologies.
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- Katsuhiko Ariga
- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) PRESTO & CREST, JST, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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Bourlinos AB, Bakandritsos A, Kouloumpis A, Gournis D, Krysmann M, Giannelis EP, Polakova K, Safarova K, Hola K, Zboril R. Gd(iii)-doped carbon dots as a dual fluorescent-MRI probe. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm35592b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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