Magnetic graphene: Water‐Soluble Magnetic‐Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets: In situ Synthesis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications Small 2/2010

Magnetic-functionalized reduced graphene nanocomposites with tunable magnetic properties can be successfully synthesized by in situ decorating magnetite nanoparticles on the reduced graphene sheets through high-temperature decomposition of Fe(acac)3 precursor in polyol. This approach opens up the availability of functionalized reduced graphene sheets with magnetic nanoparticles and creates a new class of graphene-based composites with unique properties for potential applications such as magnetic resonance imaging or protein separation. For more information, please read the Communication “Water-Soluble Magnetic-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets: In situ Synthesis and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications” by S.-H. Yu et al., beginning on page 169.