Visualization of Noncovalent Interaction between Aliphatic Dendrimers and Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide

Chemically reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decorated with aliphatic dendrimers having gold nanoparticles either in their endo- or exo-positions was firstly formulated through fully noncovalent functionalization approaches. Noncovalent binding of aliphatic denchimers specifically on rGO rather than on graphene oxide (GO) could be clearly visualized in transmission electron microscopy analysis.