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Surfactant-Free Stabilization of Aqueous Graphene Dispersions Using Starch as a Dispersing Agent
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8626-0975
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3186-6507
BillerudKorsnäs AB, Sweden.
BillerudKorsnäs AB, Sweden.
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2021 (English)In: ACS Omega, E-ISSN 2470-1343, Vol. 6, no 18, p. 12050-12062Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Attention to graphene dispersions in water with the aid of natural polymers is increasing with improved awareness of sustainability. However, the function of biopolymers that can act as dispersing agents in graphene dispersions is not well understood. In particular, the use of starch to disperse pristine graphene materials deserves further investigation. Here, we report the processing conditions of aqueous graphene dispersions using unmodified starch. We have found that the graphene content of the starch-graphene dispersion is dependent on the starch fraction. The starch-graphene sheets are few-layer graphene with a lateral size of 3.2 μm. Furthermore, topographical images of these starch-graphene sheets confirm the adsorption of starch nanoparticles with a height around 5 nm on the graphene surface. The adsorbed starch nanoparticles are ascribed to extend the storage time of the starch-graphene dispersion up to 1 month compared to spontaneous aggregation in a nonstabilized graphene dispersion without starch. Moreover, the ability to retain water by starch is reduced in the presence of graphene, likely due to environmental changes in the hydroxyl groups responsible for starch-water interactions. These findings demonstrate that starch can disperse graphene with a low oxygen content in water. The aqueous starch-graphene dispersion provides tremendous opportunities for environmental-friendly packaging applications. © 2021 American Chemical Society.

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American Chemical Society , 2021. Vol. 6, no 18, p. 12050-12062
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-53478DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00699Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85106450176OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-53478DiVA, id: diva2:1568018
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Funding details: Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning, SSF, FID-15-0105; Funding text 1: This work was financially supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF, grant no. FID-15-0105) and BillerudKorsnäs AB. The authors thank Karin Hallstensson for support with the SEM/STEM imaging.

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