Metal‐Decorated Crown Ether‐Embedded Graphene Nanomeshes for Enhanced Molecular Adsorption

R Krishnakumar, A James… - Advanced Theory and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Success in single molecule detection using graphene and graphene oxide has opened up
numerous opportunities for other 2D carbon‐based substrates to be used for applications in …

Tunable azacrown-embedded graphene nanomeshes for ion sensing and separation

R Krishnakumar, RS Swathi - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017 - ACS Publications
Remarkable selectivity with which crown ethers served as macrocyclic hosts for various
guest species has led to numerous investigations on structure-specific interactions …

Insights from the adsorption of halide ions on graphene materials

C Zhu, G Yang - ChemPhysChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene has recently found applications in a wide range of fields. Density functional
calculations show that halide ions can be adsorbed on pristine graphene, but only F− has an …

Surface study of platinum decorated graphene towards adsorption of NH3 and CH4

AS Rad, H Pazoki, S Mohseni, D Zareyee… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
To distinguish the potential of graphene sensors, there is a need to recognize the interaction
between graphene sheet and adsorbing molecules. We used density functional theory (DFT) …

Computational study on the adsorption of sodium and calcium on edge-functionalized graphene nanoribbons

AH Farokh Niaei, T Roman, T Hussain… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Computational methods are used to show that graphene nanoribbons bind sodium (Na) and
calcium (Ca) more strongly than graphene sheets. The binding strength is further enhanced …

Enhancement of gas adsorption on transition metal ion–modified graphene using DFT calculations

J Li, X Fan, J Chen, G Shi, X Liu - Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2024 - Springer
Context Graphene-based nanomaterial was widely used in gas sensors, detection, and
separation. However, weak adsorption and low selectivity of the pristine graphene used for …

Unravelling the distinct surface interactions of modified graphene nanostructures with methylene blue dye through experimental and computational approaches

Z Manappadan, S Kumar, K Joshi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoscopic modifications leading to multi-dimensional graphene structures are known to
significantly influence their candidature for several applications including catalysis, energy …

Concentration effects of carbon oxides on sensing by graphene nanoribbons: ab initio modeling

KK Paulla, AA Farajian - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013 - ACS Publications
We study detection of CO and CO2 gas molecules by change in quantum conductance of
armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNR) with a width of∼ 1 nm. Quantum conductance …

Adsorption mechanism of toxic heavy metal ions on oxygen-passivated nanopores in graphene nanoflakes

HR Ghenaatian, M Shakourian-Fard… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
In this work, using density functional theory, we investigate the adsorption process of toxic
metal ions (Hg 2+, Cd 2+, and Pb 2+) on graphene nanoflakes (GNF) comprised of various …

Harnessing the influence of reactive edges and defects of graphene substrates for achieving complete cycle of room‐temperature molecular sensing

LK Randeniya, H Shi, AS Barnard, J Fang, PJ Martin… - Small, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular doping and detection are at the forefront of graphene research, a topic of great
interest in physical and materials science. Molecules adsorb strongly on graphene, leading …