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GO was synthesized from natural graphitepowder (325 mesh, GAK-2, Ukraine) by the method of Hum-mers and Offeman.18 It was found that, prior to the GOpreparation according to ref 18, an additional graphite oxida-tion procedure was needed. Otherwise, incompletely oxidizedgraphite-core/GO-shell particles were always observed in thefinal product. The graphite powder (20 g) was put into an 80°C solution of concentrated H2SO4 (30 mL), K2S2O8 (10 g), andP2O5 (10 g). The resultant dark blue mixture was thermallyisolated and allowed to cool to room temperature over a periodof 6 h. The mixture was then carefully diluted with distilledwater, filtered, and washed on the filter until the rinse waterpH became neutral. The product was dried in air at ambienttemperature overnight. This preoxidized graphite was thensubjected to oxidation by Hummers’ method. The oxidizedgraphite powder (20 g) was put into cold (0 °C) concentratedH2SO4 (460 mL). KMnO4 (60 g) was added gradually withstirring and cooling, so that the temperature of the mixturewas not allowed to reach 20 °C. The mixture was then stirredat 35 °C for 2 h, and distilled water (920 mL) was added. In15 min, the reaction was terminated by the addition of a largeamount of distilled water (2.8 L) and 30% H2O2 solution (50mL), after which the color of the mixture changed to brightyellow. The mixture was filtered and washed with 1:10 HClsolution (5 L) in order to remove metal ions. The GO productwas suspended in distilled water to give a viscous, brown, 2%dispersion, which was subjected to dialysis to completelyremove metal ions and acids. The resulting 0.5% w/v GOdispersion, which is stable for a period of years, was used toprepare exfoliated GO.
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