▎ 摘　　要

NOVELTY - Fuel mixture comprises a fuel, ethanol and modified graphene oxide nanoparticles functionalized with a hydrocarbon, where the modified graphene oxide is less than 1000 parts per million of the ethanol, and a blend of the ethanol and modified graphene oxide is less than 10% of the fuel mixture. USE - Fuel mixture. ADVANTAGE - The fuel mixture enhances fuel performance in internal combustion engine applications. DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of making the fuel mixture, involving mixing graphene oxide with dodecanol to obtain modified graphene oxide, nanoparticles via esterification, where the modified graphene oxide is functionalized with a hydrocarbon, mixing the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles with ethanol, so that the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles are less than 1000 parts per million of the ethanol, and blending the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles with the ethanol with the fuel to obtain the fuel mixture, where the ethanol and modified graphene oxide nanoparticles are less than 10% of the fuel mixture or a method of making the fuel mixture, involving mixing a single-layer graphene oxide with a reacting agent to obtain modified graphene oxide, nanoparticles via esterification, where the modified graphene oxide is functionalized with a hydrocarbon, mixing the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles with ethanol, so that the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles are less than 1000 parts per million of the ethanol, and blending the modified graphene oxide nanoparticles with the ethanol with a fuel to obtain the fuel mixture, where the ethanol and modified graphene oxide nanoparticles are less than 10% of the fuel mixture, and the reacting agent is X-(O)R1. X = H, OH, S, or N;and R1 = linear or branched hydrocarbyl group.