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  1. ; ; ; (, ACS applied polymer materials)
    Silk, a popular biomaterial is used as a greener alternative of toxic reducing agent in biocompatible graphene synthesis. However, silk often forms gel uncontrollably due to its heavy chain molecular weight, and faces significant challenges in the reduction, stabilization, and dispersion process of graphene. In this contribution, we report a rapid chemical synthesis approach for a low molecular weight silk-inspired polymer via ring opening and microwave-assisted Diels-Alder aided step-growth polymerizations. This synthetic polymer with periodic sequences of hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties not only reduces graphene oxide (GO) efficiently but enhances the dispersibility of hydrophobic reduced GO (rGO) in aqueous media. 
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