Soluble Graphene: Generation of Aqueous Graphene Solutions Aided by a Perylenebisimide‐Based Bolaamphiphile

[*] Prof. A. Hirsch, J. M. Englert, C. D. Schmidt, Dr. F. Hauke Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and Institute of Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP) Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen–Nurnberg Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen (Germany) E-mail: andreas.hirsch@chemie.uni-erlangen.de J. Rohrl, Dr. R. Graupner, Prof. M. Hundhausen Lehrstuhl fur Technische Physik, Department of Physics Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen–Nurnberg Erwin-Rommel-Strasse 1, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)

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