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Solvent Interface Trapping as an Effective Technique to Fabricate Graphite-Nanomaterial Composite Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 December 2017

Medini Padmanabhan ,
Rachel Meyen ,
Kerri Houghton  and
Miles St. John
Medini Padmanabhan*
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI-02908, U.S.A.
Rachel Meyen
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI-02908, U.S.A.
Kerri Houghton
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI-02908, U.S.A.
Miles St. John
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI-02908, U.S.A.
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*(Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

Natural graphite can be exfoliated into thin films by trapping it at the interface between water and heptane [S. J Woltornist, A. J. Oyer, J-M. Y. Carrillo, A.V. Dobrynin, and D.H. Adamson, ACS Nano 7, 7062 (2013)]. In this work, we add functional elements into these graphitic thin films by introducing additives into the water phase prior to exfoliation. We report the successful incorporation of ZnO nanoparticles thereby enabling the composite films to act as effective ultraviolet photodetectors. In a similar manner, integration of silver nanowires is achieved, which results in an enhancement of the electrical conductivity of graphite.

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Ccompositethin film
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MRS Advances , Volume 3 , Issue 1-2: Nanomaterials , 2018 , pp. 19 - 23
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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