title: Bioinspired reduced graphene oxide nanosheets using Terminalia chebula seeds extract.
abstract: A green one step facile synthesis of graphene nanosheets by Terminalia chebula (T. chebula) extract mediated reduction of graphite oxide (GO) is reported in this work. This method avoids the use of harmful toxic reducing agents. The comparative results of various characterizations of GO and T. chebula reduced graphene oxide (TCG) provide a strong indication of the exclusion of oxygen containing groups from graphene oxide and successive stabilization of the formed reduced graphene oxide (RGO). The functionalization of reduced graphene oxide with the oxidized polyphenols causes their stability by preventing the aggregation. We also have proposed how the oxidized polyphenols are accountable for the stabilization of the formed graphene sheets.
authors.affiliation: Trace Elements Speciation Research Laboratory, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, India.
authors.forename: Sireesh Babu
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Maddinedi
authors.affiliation: Trace Elements Speciation Research Laboratory, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014, India.
authors.forename: Badal Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Raviraj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vankayala
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Poliraju
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalluru
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.
authors.forename: Sreedhara Reddy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pamanji
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D000067493:Dynamic Light Scattering; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D029766:Terminalia / Q000737:chemistry*; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D006108:Graphite
keywords: Graphene oxide; Nanosheets; Polyphenols; Terminalia chebula