Data from: Organic Solvent-Based Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals: A Facile Route toward the Next Generation of Self-Assembled Layer-by-Layer Multifunctional 3D Architectures

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We introduce soft self-assembly of ultralarge liquid crystalline (LC) graphene oxide (GO) sheets in a wide range of organic solvents overcoming the practical limitations imposed on LC GO processing in water. This expands the number of known solvents which can support amphiphilic self-assembly to ethanol, acetone, tetrahydrofuran, N-dimethylformamide, N-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone, and a number of other organic solvents, many of which were not known to afford solvophobic self-assembly prior to this report. The LC behavior of the as-prepared GO sheets in organic solvents has enabled us to disperse and organize substantial amounts of aggregate-free single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs, up to 10 wt %) without compromise in LC properties. The as-prepared LC GO-SWNT dispersions were employed to achieve self-assembled layer-by-layer multifunctional 3D hybrid architectures comprising SWNTs and GO with unrivalled superior mechanical properties (Young's modulus in excess of 50 GPa and tensile strength of more than 500 MPa).

附件文件为本文关联的研究文章提供补充数据集。本研究报道了超大型液晶（Liquid Crystalline，缩写LC）氧化石墨烯（Graphene Oxide，缩写GO）片材在多种有机溶剂中的软自组装行为，突破了氧化石墨烯液晶加工在水环境中受到的实际限制。本研究将可支撑两亲性自组装的已知溶剂种类拓展至乙醇、丙酮、四氢呋喃、N,N-二甲基甲酰胺、N-环己基-2-吡咯烷酮等多种有机溶剂，其中多数溶剂在此项研究开展前尚未被报道可实现疏溶剂自组装。所制备的氧化石墨烯片材在有机溶剂中展现出的液晶行为，使得我们能够在不牺牲液晶性能的前提下，分散并组装大量无团聚单壁碳纳米管（Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes，缩写SWNTs，最高可达10 wt%）。利用所制备的液晶氧化石墨烯-单壁碳纳米管分散体系，我们成功构建了兼具多重功能的逐层自组装三维杂化结构，该结构由单壁碳纳米管与氧化石墨烯组成，展现出无与伦比的优异力学性能（杨氏模量超过50 GPa，拉伸强度高于500 MPa）。