Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 50, Issue 14 p. 3173-3177 Communication The Real Graphene Oxide Revealed: Stripping the Oxidative Debris from the Graphene-like Sheets† Dr. Jonathan P. Rourke, Corresponding Author Dr. Jonathan P. Rourke j.p.rourke@warwick.ac.uk Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Jonathan P. Rourke, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Neil R. Wilson, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorPriyanka A. Pandey, Priyanka A. Pandey Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorJoseph J. Moore, Joseph J. Moore Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112Search for more papers by this authorMatthew Bates, Matthew Bates Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ian A. Kinloch, Dr. Ian A. Kinloch School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Robert J. Young, Prof. Robert J. Young School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Neil R. Wilson, Corresponding Author Dr. Neil R. Wilson neil.wilson@warwick.ac.uk Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897 Jonathan P. Rourke, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Neil R. Wilson, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this author Dr. Jonathan P. Rourke, Corresponding Author Dr. Jonathan P. Rourke j.p.rourke@warwick.ac.uk Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Jonathan P. Rourke, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Neil R. Wilson, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorPriyanka A. Pandey, Priyanka A. Pandey Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorJoseph J. Moore, Joseph J. Moore Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112Search for more papers by this authorMatthew Bates, Matthew Bates Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this authorDr. Ian A. Kinloch, Dr. Ian A. Kinloch School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK)Search for more papers by this authorProf. Robert J. Young, Prof. Robert J. Young School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK)Search for more papers by this authorDr. Neil R. Wilson, Corresponding Author Dr. Neil R. Wilson neil.wilson@warwick.ac.uk Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897 Jonathan P. Rourke, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76524112 Neil R. Wilson, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL (UK), Fax: +44 (0)24 76150897Search for more papers by this author First published: 25 February 2011 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007520Citations: 496 † We thank Dave Hammond for help with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Lijiang Song for help with mass spectrometry, and Ajay Shukla for help with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). P.A.P. thanks the Midlands Physics Alliance Graduate School for a scholarship. The TEM, TGA, and XPS instruments as well as the mass spectrometer used in this research were purchased with support from Advantage West Midlands (part funded by the European Regional Development Fund). We thank Warwick University’s URSS Scheme for grants to J.J.M. and M.B. 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