• 文献标题:   Comparison of Anionic, Cationic and Nonionic Surfactants as Dispersing Agents for Graphene Based on the Fluorescence of Riboflavin
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MATEOS R, VERA S, VALIENTE M, DIEZPASCUAL AM, SAN ANDRES MP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, surfactant, riboflavin, fluorescence, sodium docecylsulphate, polyoxiethylen23lauryl ether, docecylammonium bromide, hexadecyltrimmethylammonium bromide, quenching
  • 出版物名称:   NANOMATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2079-4991
  • 通讯作者地址:   Alcala Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.3390/nano7110403
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Fluorescence quenching is a valuable tool to gain insight about dynamic changes of fluorophores in complex systems. Graphene (G), a single-layered 2D nanomaterial with unique properties, was dispersed in surfactant aqueous solutions of different nature: non-ionic polyoxyethylene-23-lauryl ether (Brij L23), anionic sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS), and cationic hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The influence of the surfactant type, chain length and concentration, G total concentration and G/surfactant weight ratio on the fluorescence intensity of vitamin B-2 (riboflavin) was investigated. The quality of the different G dispersions was assessed by scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM). A quenching phenomenon of the fluorescence of riboflavin was found for G dispersions in all the surfactants, which generally becomes stronger with increasing G/surfactant weight ratio. For dispersions in the ionic surfactants, the quenching is more pronounced as the surfactant concentration raises, whilst the non-ionic one remains merely unchanged for the different G/Brij L23 weight ratios. More importantly, results indicate that DTAB solutions are the optimum media for dispersing G sheets, leading to an up to 16-fold drop in the fluorescence intensity. Understanding the mechanism in fluorescence quenching of G dispersions in surfactants could be useful for several optical applications.