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Progress in the Use of Graphene and Graphene-Like Materials in Various Applications

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 1193

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1. Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland
2. Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wilenska 4, 87-100 Torun, Poland
Interests: nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; 3D nano-scale structuration of graphene flakes via physical and chemical methods; hybrid carbon materials for applications in supercapacitors, metal–air batteries, and solar cells

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue in IJMS welcomes outstanding innovative contributions presenting progress in the methods of preparation, modification, molecular modeling, and application of porous carbons, especially graphene, but also others, such as 3D graphene, carbon black, glassy carbon, activated carbon, graphite, diamond, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, carbon dots, and their carbon-based hybrids. The importance of structural and molecular factors for their various potential applications is significant. Emerging electrochemical and medical applications may be interesting. Other porous carbon-based materials, in addition to those mentioned, are also of interest. We also welcome contributions that review key trends and topics in porous carbon-based materials.

This Special Issue is open to both original research articles and review papers, with the aim of educating researchers worldwide on the latest trends and progress in the field of graphene materials research.

Dr. Piotr Kamedulski
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Keywords

  • graphene
  • porous carbons
  • carbon-based materials
  • 3D graphene
  • graphene exfoliation
  • nanotubes
  • nanomaterials
  • N-rich nano-porous carbon matrixes
  • N-rich activated carbons
  • carbon molecular sieves
  • hybrid materials
  • medical applications

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Easy One-Pot Decoration of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets by Green Silver Nanoparticles
by Ileana Ielo, Federica De Gaetano, Elpida Piperopoulos, Giovanna De Luca and Sabrina Conoci
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26(2), 713; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26020713 - 16 Jan 2025
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In this study, we developed a facile one-pot synthesis of a nanocomposite consisting of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) growing over graphene oxide (GO) nanoflakes (AgNPs@GO). The process consists of the in situ formation of AgNPs in the presence of GO nanosheets via the spontaneous [...] Read more.
In this study, we developed a facile one-pot synthesis of a nanocomposite consisting of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) growing over graphene oxide (GO) nanoflakes (AgNPs@GO). The process consists of the in situ formation of AgNPs in the presence of GO nanosheets via the spontaneous decomposition of silver(I) acetylacetonate (Ag(acac)) after dissolution in water. This protocol is compared to an ex situ approach where AgNPs are added to a waterborne GO nanosheet suspension to account for any attractive interaction between preformed nanomaterials. The systems under investigation are characterized by UV/vis absorption spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential (Z-Pot), and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX). The stability of the AgNPs@GO composite suspension is tested as a function of GO concentration (0–67 μg/mL) while maintaining a constant Ag content (14.4 μg/mL), exhibiting excellent stability over time up to an Ag-to-GO mass ratio of 0.58. Full article
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