Graphene oxide is– true to its name– oxidized graphene. ChemCeed’s article on graphene has already discussed a strange quirk in the history of graphene itself. Graphene was first discovered in 2004, even though carbon nanotubes (CNT), which are made of graphene, were discovered in 1991. Well, get ready for another surprising paradox: graphene oxide (GO)... Read more »
Carbon nanotubes are made of the thinnest element on earth: graphene. But while graphene itself lays flat, one atom in thickness, carbon nanotubes are, as you might expect, tubes. Their walls are made of graphene, but they behave a bit differently than flat graphene, and also are significantly different from graphene oxide (GO). Interestingly, carbon... Read more »
