Editor's Summary

26 July 2007

Graphene is good on paper

Paper- or foil-like materials are used in many technological applications, as protective layers, chemical filters and adhesives, for instance. So-called 'bucky' paper, based on carbon nanotubes, has the potential to extend the use of high-tech papers to applications such as fuel cells, as it has good mechanical and electrical properties. Now a new carbon nanocomposite paper-like material has been prepared that promises superior performance in stiffness, strength and flexibility: graphene oxide paper. It is based on nanoscale graphene oxide sheets that are interlocked and tiled together in a near-parallel fashion.

Letter: Preparation and characterization of graphene oxide paper

Dmitriy A. Dikin, Sasha Stankovich, Eric J. Zimney, Richard D. Piner, Geoffrey H. B. Dommett, Guennadi Evmenenko, SonBinh T. Nguyen & Rodney S. Ruoff

doi:10.1038/nature06016

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