ABSTRACT
The chapter presents results of an extended neutron scattering study of a set of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) products of different origin. The INS spectra of the studied samples form two distinct groups. The first joins the spectra related to GO partners of synthetic families and wet sh-rGO, while the second involves spectra of dry sh-rGO and other two synthetic rGOs. According to experimental evidences, the model, suitable for describing the INS from GOs, should involve a stack of GO layers, each of which is covered by a monolayer of water molecules bound to the GO core via hydrogen bonds. Chemists have repeatedly testified that both GOs and rGOs are not only characterized by largely varied properties but are chemically instable in time. Evidently both GO and rGO molecules are chemically active, due to which they might be subjected to different reactions.
