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  • Title: Green conversion of graphene oxide to graphene nanosheets and its biosafety study.
    Author: Dasgupta A, Sarkar J, Ghosh M, Bhattacharya A, Mukherjee A, Chattopadhyay D, Acharya K.
    Journal: PLoS One; 2017; 12(2):e0171607. PubMed ID: 28158272.
    Abstract:
    Chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) to graphene employs the use of toxic and environmentally harmful reducing agents, hindering mass production of graphene which is of tremendous technological importance. In this study we report a green approach to the synthesis of graphene, bio-reduced by crude polysaccharide. The polysaccharide reduces exfoliated GO to graphene at room temperature in an aqueous medium. Transmission electron microscopy image provides clear evidence for the formation of few layer graphene. Characterization of the resulting polysaccharide reduced GO by Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Energy dispersive X-ray analysis confirms reduction of GO to graphene. We also investigated the degree of biosafety of the reduced GO and found it to be safe under 100 μg/ml.
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