Graphene–nanoparticle sensors made simple

HOT Nanoscale Communication

Maboudia and co-workers describe a simple method for decorating graphene with metal nanoparticles. The graphene is grown by a chemical vapour deposition method on a copper substrate, then the copper is used as a reducing agent for the electroless deposition of a noble metal – the authors used gold, platinum, palladium and silver.

The method has the advantages of allowing controlled, reproducible and homogeneous surface coverage.

The authors show that a gas sensor produced using this method is capable of detecting H2S, and they intend to develop the work to produce electrochemical biosensors.

Read this HOT Nanoscale communication in full:

Graphene decoration with metal nanoparticles: Towards easy integration for sensing applications
Albert Gutés, Ben Hsia, Allen Sussman, Willi Mickelson, Alex Zettl, Carlo Carraro and Roya Maboudia
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11537E

Easy graphene decoration and transfer

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