Plasma etching of polystyrene latex particles for the preparation of graphene oxide nanowalls

摘要

Graphene oxide nanowalls were prepared by casting a water dispersion of polystyrene latex particles onto a graphene oxide film followed by tetrafluoromethane plasma etching. Mild plasma etching conditions allow one to retain the oxygen functional groups on the graphene oxide nanowalls. It was found that the exposure to a xenon light source of such graphene oxide nanowalls coated with a gold thin film results in an increase of the electrical conductivity.