PMID- 30892320 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20190405 LR - 20190406 IS - 1364-548X (Electronic) IS - 1359-7345 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 29 DP - 2019 Apr 4 TI - Biocompatible N-acetyl cysteine reduces graphene oxide and persists at the surface as a green radical scavenger. PG - 4186-4189 LID - 10.1039/c9cc00429g [doi] AB - We demonstrate that N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) reduces graphene oxide (GO) at room temperature. This represents a new green method to produce reduced GO (rGO). NAC adheres to the rGO surface as demonstrated by several spectroscopy techniques and avoids GO-mediated oxidation of glutathione. This method offers new opportunities for the production of green biocompatible rGO and NAC-based therapies. FAU - Palmieri, Valentina AU - Palmieri V AD - Istituto di Fisica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy. massimiliano.papi@unicatt.it. FAU - Dalchiele, Enrique A AU - Dalchiele EA FAU - Perini, Giordano AU - Perini G FAU - Motta, Alessandro AU - Motta A FAU - De Spirito, Marco AU - De Spirito M FAU - Zanoni, Robertino AU - Zanoni R FAU - Marrani, Andrea Giacomo AU - Marrani AG FAU - Papi, Massimiliano AU - Papi M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Chem Commun (Camb) JT - Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) JID - 9610838 EDAT- 2019/03/21 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/21 06:01 CRDT- 2019/03/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c9cc00429g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Apr 4;55(29):4186-4189. doi: 10.1039/c9cc00429g.