Thermoplastic polyurethane was obtained from Townsend Corporation (RE-FLEX585-XU, MW = 25KD).
Graphite powder (average particle size of <20 µm), and phosphoric acid (H
3PO
4) were bought from Sigma-Aldrich. Potassium permanganate (KMnO
4 Mw ~158.03, Assay = 99.5%) was purchased from AnalaR
®. Sodium hydroxide pellets (NaOH: 98% Analytic-ACS) were purchased from ICON CHEMICAL.
Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP of Mw ~40,000 Da), sulfuric acid (H
2SO
4 Assay 98.5%), Hydrogen peroxide (H
2O
2; 30%) aqueous solution, and
N, N-Dimethyl formamide (DMF) were purchased from DAEJUNG.
Chloroacetic acid (C₂H₃C.lO₂: 94.49 g/mol
−1) was purchased from Merck, Germany. Deionized water (DI) used in this study was produced through an integrated system of a
Milli-Q (Merck Millipore, Ireland). All compounds were of analytical rank and were used exactly as directed.
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