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Figure 1. Formulation and printing of G-putty ink. a) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of graphene used in G-putty fabrication (inset)
and histogram of length of nanosheets observed in TEM images (main graph). b–d) Photographs of b) bulk G-putty, c) a paste of G-putty dissolved in
a small amount of butanol, and d) a liquid ink prepared by dispersing bulk G-putty in chloroform. e) Rheology measurements for butanol-based inks
at various concentrations (corresponding to G-putty mass divided by solvent volume). Note that the two highest concentration samples are pastes.
f–h) Photographs of thin films of G-putty prepared by f) spraying, g) screen printing, and h) aerosol-jet printing. i) Thermogravimetry measurements
for bulk G-putty, a film of G-putty formed by drop-casting ink into a Teflon tray and a sprayed G-putty film. j–l) SEM images of the surface of G-putty
films (15 wt% graphene) prepared by j) spraying, k) screen printing, and l) aerosol-jet printing. m) SEM image of a sample cross section prepared
using focused ion beam milling, showing a well-defined graphene layer (black) above a PDMS layer (white). The top Pt layer was deposited to prevent
sample damage from the ion beam.
surface region with high conductivity. This in turn allows the could be varied over >3 orders of magnitude (Figure 1e). Access
fabrication of very thin films, which display resistances that are to such a viscosity range is important as screen-printing pastes
low enough to allow the measurement of piezoresistive effects. require viscosities of 1–10 Pa s while inkjet printing employs
This is important as such thin films are mechanically pinned at inks of much lower viscosities (4–30 mPa s).[13,23] By tuning
the substrate–film interface in a way that significantly reduces the solvent used and paste/ink concentration, we could print
hysteresis and rate dependence. We have fabricated such films thin films of G-putty via spray coating, screen printing, and
into high-performance sensors which can be used in a number aerosol-jet printing[24] (Figure 1f–h) onto polydimethylsiloxane
of applications, for example, in biomedical sensors or mounted (PDMS) substrates (Sylgard 184). Importantly, screen printing
on bicycles as velocity and power monitors. and aerosol-jet printing allow patterning during film formation.
In all cases, the films appear visually uniform, while thermo
gravimetric analysis measurements (Figure 1i) show printed
2. Results and Discussion films to have graphene contents very close to that of the bulk
G-putty (in this case, 15 wt%). Scanning electron microscopy
2.1. Printing G-Putty (SEM) measurements (Figure 1j–l) show the film surfaces to
be rich in nanosheets with small amounts of polymer acting as
We hypothesized that the hysteresis problems described above binder. This high surface concentration of graphene in a film
might be resolved by printing G-putty as thin films on elastic with an overall graphene loading of 15 wt% suggests the occur-
substrates. Then, the mechanical properties of the sensor rence of a partial polymer–nanosheet phase separation during
would be dominated by that of the substrate, frustrating the deposition. To test this, we performed SEM on a cross section of
viscoelastic relaxation of the G-putty. In addition, unlike other the film prepared using focused ion beam milling (Figure 1m).
methods for depositing graphene on polymeric surfaces, As shown, this process involves the deposition of a protective
for example, swelling and soaking,[15,20] printed films can be platinum deposit to prevent sample damage. We observe a well-
patterned which, as we show below, allows the fabrication of defined graphene-rich network directly under the Pt (i.e., at the
functional structures. top surface of the film). Below this layer is almost pure PDMS.
To achieve this, we used liquid-exfoliated[13,21] graphene This is clear evidence of a vertical phase segregation.
nanosheets with a typical size of ≈500 nm (Figure 1a) to prepare This phase segregation seems to be predominately vertical,
G-putty[22] (Figure 1b). The resultant putty was then ultrasoni- with the graphene sheets rising to the upper surface of the
cally dispersed in solvents such as butanol and chloroform. printed film. Conversely, the nanosheets appear to be reasonably
Depending on the solvent volume used, we could obtain pastes well distributed in the lateral (horizontal) direction. Nanosheet
(Figure 1c) or liquid inks (Figure 1d) with viscosities which coverage was estimated manually through evaluation of SEM
images of the film surface (a representative image is shown in networks,[1,29,30] and competitive with the best polymer-based
Figure S24 in the Supporting Information). We estimate >90% composites (Figure S20 and Table S1, Supporting Informa-
of the surface of all films to be covered by nanosheets. Inter- tion).[31] This well-defined resistance–strain relationship allows
estingly, films prepared by different printing methods appear such materials to be used to sense strain. Graphs of ΔR/R0
to have slightly different morphologies, with the screen-printed versus increasing ε, in the low-strain region, are shown in
film appearing somewhat porous, for example. In terms of uni- Figure 2c for sprayed G-putty films with three different gra-
formity, for the spray-coated films, ≈90–95% of the film surface phene mass fractions. Average gauge factors are plotted versus
consists of nanosheets with some nanosheet-free regions of graphene mass fraction in Figure 2d and show the usual[17,32]
size 1–2 µm observed. In the aerosol-jetted films, <3% of the increase with decreasing filler loading, reaching G ≈ 110 for
surface consisted of small (<0.5 µm) nanosheet-free zones. mass fractions below 5%, considerably higher than values of
In contrast, no nanosheet-free regions were observed in the ≈40 demonstrated previously for graphene networks deposited
screen-printed films. The size of the nanosheet-free regions via swelling and soaking.[33] We have used a new model reported by
gives a rough estimate of the lengthscale associated with nonu- Garcia et al.[32] to compare the G versus φ data for bulk and
niformities in the nanosheet network. Assuming “holes” with sprayed G-putty as reported in the Supporting Information.
a mean diameter of 1.5 µm contribute 5–10% of the network This analysis suggests the impact of strain on intersheet charge
area, then each hole is associated with a region of network with transfer to be particularly important in sprayed films while
an area of ≈5 µm × 5 µm. This implies that sections of network strain-induced changes in network structure are dominant in
with areas much larger than this are relatively uniform. Even bulk G-putty. We find these differences to be largely attributable
with aerosol-jet printing, the minimum achievable resolution to the significant variations in network morphology going from
is 10–20 µm. This analysis implies that all achievable printed bulk to spray-deposited films.
structures will contain reasonably uniform networks. We note that this sensing behavior of these films is very
We note that even though a vertical phase segregation stable. As shown in Figure S21 (Supporting Information),
occurs, the overall composite composition remains unchanged the resistance response of these sensors was very reproduc-
from bulk G-putty as described above. As a result, we continue ible when subjected to repeated stretch-and-release cycling
to refer to the printed material as G-putty. (0–2% strain at 0.3 Hz). After an initial conditioning phase,
the cycling response was steady with the gauge factor varying
by <20% over >18 000 cycles. In addition, during cycling the
2.2. Electromechanical Properties films remained attached to the substrate with no delamina-
tion observed, while SEM imaging showed no apparent change
We performed electrical measurements for a range of gra- in film morphology over at least 500 cycles. In addition, the
phene loadings in sprayed G-putty films as well as for the sensing response was reasonably thermally stable. As shown in
bulk G-putty, which had been used to prepare the inks. The Figure S21 (Supporting Information) after heating to 250 °C for
resultant conductivities are plotted versus graphene volume 30 min, the cyclic response was only slightly modified with the
fraction, φ, in Figure 2a. Both data sets are consistent with average gauge factor reduced from 37 to 23.
percolation theory which describes the φ-dependence of the It has previously been reported that strain sensors often
conductivity:[25] σ = σ0(φ − φc)n. As shown in the panel, going show negative correlations between conductivity and gauge
from bulk to thin film, the percolation exponent, n, falls while factor.[29,32] As shown in Figure 2e, this is also the case for both
σ0 increases, behavior which is consistent with the reduction of bulk and sprayed G-putty. However, this graph clearly high-
inter-nanosheet tunneling resistances.[26] As a result, the sprayed lights the differences between these systems and shows that
G-putty displays very high conductivity, up to 300 S m−1, which sprayed G-putty can achieve a given G at much higher conduc-
is at least ×106 higher than the bulk material and considerably tivity than bulk G-putty. To put these values of G in perspective,
higher than most nanocomposites.[27] This behavior is consistent in Figure 2f we reproduce literature data for 200 nanocom-
with the phase segregation described above resulting in a gra- posite gauge factors (representing a comprehensive survey, as
phene-rich surface region with reduced amounts of polymer originally reported in a recent review)[30] plotted against their
separating the nanosheets. In turn, this leads to lower inter- ranking (from worst to best). We find the best sprayed data
nanosheet junction resistances and so higher composite conduc- from Figure 2d to be well within the top 10% of gauge factors.
tivities. Such high conductivity is of great practical importance In addition, our sensors compare well to the literature data
as it allows films of a given sheet resistance (e.g., for a given described in ref. [17] in terms of their relatively low Youngs’s
application) to be prepared with sprayed G-putty at much lower modulus (2 MPa, determined by the substrate) and their rea-
thickness than would be possible with the bulk material. sonably high strain range of 20–25% (the range of strain where
This high conductivity is particularly important for the devel- the resistance–strain curve is linear, referred to ref. [17] as the
opment of printed, thin-film, G-putty-based strain sensors. working factor).
Shown in Figure 2b are data for electrical resistance as a func-
tion of applied tensile strain for an ≈1 µm thick film of G-putty
(Mf = 15%) sprayed on a thin PDMS support. As observed in 2.3. Hysteresis and Rate/Frequency Dependence
many nanocomposites,[16,28] the resistance increases steadily
with strain, accumulating a ×10 resistance change at 50% However, as indicated above, the biggest problem with bulk
strain (inset). We note that ΔR/R0scales linearly with ε up to G-putty sensors is not their relatively low conductivity, but the
≈25%, much higher than can be achieved with graphene-only fact that their extreme softness allows the graphene network to
Figure 2. Electromechanical properties of sprayed G-putty films. a) Conductivity plotted as a function of graphene volume fraction for bulk and sprayed
G-putty. The solid lines are fits to percolation theory with fit parameters given in the panel. b) Resistance–strain curve (inset fractional resistance
change) for sprayed G-putty (Mf = 15%). c) Fractional resistance change versus strain for sprayed G-putty of four different mass fractions. d) Gauge
factor versus mass fraction for spray cast G-putty. e) G versus conductivity for both bulk and sprayed G-putty, each for various values of Mf. f) Ranking
(ordered from 200 for lowest G to 1 for highest G) versus reported value of low-strain G for data extracted from 200 published papers (see ref. [20]).
Plotted this way, the curve approximates the cumulative distribution function[17] of the set of published G values.
relax under strain.[17] Such relaxation can be seen in the step to 1% strain after 900 s and again held until 1800 s when it was
strain experiment shown in Figure 3a, where the bulk G-putty stretched again to 1.5%. While a perfectly elastic conductor
was stretched to 0.5% strain and held before stretching again would show the resistance increasing as a “staircase,” the bulk
Figure 3. Time- and rate-dependent properties of G-putty. a–d) Resistance versus time for a) bulk, b) sprayed, c) screen-printed, and d) aerosol-
jet-printed G-putty. In each case, the sample was exposed to three successive 0.5% strain increments at 0, 900, and 1800 s. e) Stress–strain curves
(including strain release) for sprayed and bulk G-putty. The sprayed data set has been reduced by a factor of 40 to make it fit on the same graph as the
bulk data (necessary because the mechanics of the sprayed sample is dominated by the substrate). f) Fractional resistance change versus strain curves
(including strain release) for sprayed and bulk G-putty. g) Resistance hysteresis and h) gauge factor plotted versus strain rate for bulk and sprayed
G-putty. i) Strain and j) resistance versus time for sprayed G-putty deformed using sinusoidal strains at 0.1 Hz. k) Oscillatory gauge factor versus
frequency for bulk and sprayed G-putty. In this graph, in all panels, red represents sprayed G-putty while gray represents bulk G-putty.
G-putty shows sharp resistance increases followed by dra- Such rate independence suggests that the oscillatory response
matic decays as the graphene network relaxes in the ultrasoft of printed G-putty will also be frequency independent. To test
matrix.[13] However, we find that printed thin films of G-putty this, we applied strains oscillating between 0% and 0.5% at var-
show much more staircase-like behavior, albeit with short-lived ious frequencies to sprayed G-putty as well as bulk G-putty (see
(typically <5 s for the spray-coated sample) relaxation effects at Figure 3i,j). Again, while the dynamic gauge factor varied sig-
step edges (Figure 3b–d). As we show in the following, such nificantly with frequency for the bulk G-putty, the sprayed films
spikes are not observed during dynamic testing and do not showed frequency-independent behavior. (N.B. hysteresis, qua-
appear to be a real impediment to practical strain sensing. sistatic G, and dynamic G data for screen-printed and aerosol-
We propose that the suppression of dramatic relaxation jet printed films are shown in the Supporting Information).
effects observed in the step strain experiments is intimately In order to assess the performance of printed G-putty against
related to the thinness of the printed films. The bottom state-of-the-art strain sensors, we have compiled data (Table S1,
surface of the film is pinned at the substrate–film interface Supporting Information), for a range of bulk and printed nano-
meaning that very little relaxation is possible in the vicinity composite strain sensors from the literature. We note that the
of this interface. For a thick film, relaxation would be possible performance printed G-putty is highly competitive when com-
in regions of composite far away from this interface. How- pared to literature data across a range of metrics such as gauge
ever, as film thickness is reduced, the size of this far-away factor, hysteresis, and strain rate independence.
zone where relaxation can occur is reduced until, for very thin
films (as we have here), all of the film volume is relatively
close to the substrate–film interface such that very little relax- 2.4. Strain Sensors
ation is possible, even at the air–film interface (i.e., the region
furthest from the substrate–film interface). Under these cir- We believe these properties make printed G-putty ideal for use
cumstances, the film displays quasielastic behavior with a as real electromechanical sensors. In particular, the low mod-
mechanical response, which is dominated by the substrate. ulus of the PDMS support makes the sensors very soft and
Incidentally, a system like this can only act as a sensor if the so wearable—making these sensors potential candidates for
resistance of such a thin film is low enough to allow electro- applications in biomedical sensing, which range from meas-
mechanically sensing. This is only the case here because the uring breathing rate,[13,34] pulse,[35] and joint movement.[9,36] To
phase segregation described above results in relative high demonstrate this, we screen-printed G-putty strips onto thin
composite conductivities. PDMS films (EcoFlex—a speciality, ultrasoft elastomer, which
That the mechanical response of the system is dominated by has an elastic modulus (125 kPa) similar to that of human
the substrate is demonstrated in Figure 3e. While the extreme skin (≈300 kPa)[37]), which were then mounted on a subject’s
viscoplastic response of bulk G-putty results in very large wrist (Figure 4a,b). Even in this simple arrangement, we could
stress–strain hysteresis in bulk G-putty (Figure 3e), the thin measure the pulse at the radial artery (Figure 4c,d) yielding a
film of G-putty sprayed onto PDMS shows much more elastic- waveform with the expected profile.[15,38] Similar results could
like behavior with minimal hysteresis. One would expect the be achieved even when printing on a commercial band-aid
latter behavior to allow effective practical strain sensing. (Figure 4e,f). These sensors can also be used in diagnostics. For
To test this, we applied and then released strain for a number example, diagnosing swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) gener-
of samples at various strain rates. As illustrated in Figure 3f, ally requires an invasive examination which must be carried
for bulk G-putty the hysteresis is so severe that after unloading out by a specialist.[13] However, mounting printed G-putty strips
the resistance is well below the initial resistance. In contrast, on the Adam’s apple allows swallowing to be monitored quanti-
for the sprayed film, although hysteresis is still present, it is tatively, opening the way toward diagnostic applications.
greatly reduced with the resistance returning to its initial value. Strain sensors are generally fabricated in an undulating
Having defined the hysteresis as the area of the hysteresis loop pattern[39] to maximize sensor length (to increase the resist-
divided by the area under the R-strain curve associated with ance change) while spatially localizing the response. Shown
the loading cycle, we plotted the hysteresis versus strain rate in Figure 5a,b are examples of such sensors patterned onto
for bulk G-putty as well as sprayed films in Figure 3g. For bulk extremely thin PDMS substrates by screen- and aerosol-jet
G-putty, the hysteresis was very large and strain rate dependent, printing, respectively. We note that aerosol-jet printing allows
varying from 0.25 to −1 (the sign is negative if the resistance is finer features while screen printing gives greater scalability. In
higher in the unload cycle compared to the load cycle). How- addition, Figure 5c,d shows printed combinations of three sen-
ever, for the printed films, the hysteresis was much lower sors, each at 120° to each other. Such structures are known as
(≈0.15) and virtually rate independent. rosettes and can be used to measure strain fields.[40] To dem-
Such low hysteresis and rate independence are critical for onstrate their utility for small-strain sensing, we chose a novel
practical sensors where the relationship between resistance application: strain sensing on bicycles.
and stain must be similar under all circumstances. The invari- There is a significant market within the cycling community
ance of the response of printed, thin-film G-putty can be seen for devices to measure speed and power output. We employ
by plotting the measured quasistatic gauge factor as a function printed G-putty sensors to this end, utilizing the fact that ped-
of strain rate for spray-coated sensors in Figure 3h with bulk dling results in small but well-defined oscillatory strains in the
G-putty data shown for comparison. While the bulk G-putty bicycle frame. Using finite element analysis (see the Supporting
shows very significant rate dependence, the sprayed sensor Information), we identified positions on the frame where these
shows almost perfect rate independence. strains were maximized (Figure 5e). Printed sensors were
Figure 4. Applications of printed G-putty for biomedical sensing. a–d) Photographs of a,b) G-putty strips screen printed onto c,d) an EcoFlex PDMS
film and mounted on the wrist for pulse measurement. e) G-putty strip screen printed on a commercial band-aid and f) mounted on the wrist for pulse
measurement. g,h) G-putty strip screen printed onto g) an EcoFlex film and h) mounted on the Adams apple of a subject to monitor swallowing. The
swallowing events are marked by arrows. N.B. the initial resistances in panels (c), (d), (f), and (h) are different from each other because of different
degrees of prestrain applied during sensor mounting.
then mounted by sticking the PDMS substrate to the frame using conventional devices (Figure 5j). The amplitude of the
(Figure 5f,g). The resistance output of such a sensor is shown resistance trace, ΔRpp, is proportional to the strain amplitude,
in Figure 5h and demonstrates clear oscillatory behavior. The ε0, and so allows measurement of the power output. For any
Fourier transform of such a trace shows the main frequency to oscillator vibrating at frequency, f, the mean power inputted is
be dominant (Figure 5i). We find the peddling frequency meas- just the average product of force and velocity. In damped, driven
ured in this way to match extremely well with that measured oscillators, the force amplitude is proportional to displacement
Figure 5. Application of patterned G-putty for strain sensing. a–d) Examples of printed strain sensors consisting of a,b) single gauges—printed by
a) screen printing and b) aerosol-jet printing—and c,d) rosettes (i.e., triple gauges)—printed by c) screen printing and d) aerosol-jet printing.
e–g) Photographs showing e) position the sensor is mounted in the bicycle frame and f) close-ups showing single gauge (screen-printed), g) and rosette
(aerosol-jet printed) sensors. h) Resistance–time trace for a screen-printed sensor mounted on a bicycle pedaled at a pedal rotation rate of 0.69 Hz.
i) Fourier transform showing the pedaling frequency can be extracted unambiguously. j) Pedaling frequency measured by a G-putty sensor versus actual
pedaling frequency (measured using a commercial sensor). The line represents y = x. k) Measured average peak-to-peak resistance change (normalized
to strain-free resistance) plotted as a function of peddling power divided by peddling frequency (measured using commercial sensor). Measurements
were made for both a spray-cast unpatterned sensor and a screen-printed patterned sensor (G ≈ 40 in each case), each at the number of peddling
powers and at three different frequencies. The line shows the scaling expected for a simple oscillator. l) Linear strain in the sensing direction calculated
by finite element analysis for the three sensors shown in panel (g) as a function of crank angle. m) Resistance as a function of time measured for each
of the three sensors making up the rosette in panel (g). The right axis shows the estimated strain using G ≈ 40.
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