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MDPI, Applied Sciences, 16(10), p. 5570, 2020

DOI: 10.3390/app10165570

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Size-Dependent Liquid Crystal Behavior of Graphene Oxides for Preparation of Highly Ordered Graphene-Based Films

Journal article published in 2020 by Bongjin Chung ORCID, Sunghwan Jin ORCID, Junyoung Jeong, Giyoung Jeon, Seongwoo Ryu
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

We report the preparation of a highly-oriented graphene-based film prepared from liquid crystal dispersion of graphene oxides (GOs). We observed that the liquid crystal behavior of GOs is highly affected by the lateral size of GO flakes: the critical concentration for liquid crystal formation decreased with the increase of the lateral size of GO flakes, which is in a good agreement with Onsager’s theory. As a result, we were able to obtain highly-ordered graphene assemblies with large-sized GO flakes (150 ± 29 μm) at relatively low concentrations. By applying the shear force, we were able to obtain highly-oriented films from liquid crystal GO flakes. After hydrogen iodide (HI) reduction, GO films showed excellent mechanical strength and electrical conductivity, which were 278% and 283% higher, respectively, than those of films made from smaller sized GO flakes (28 ± 24 μm).