Accepted Manuscript Competition between carboxylic and phenolic groups for the preferred sites at the periphery of graphene – A DFT study Baliram Lone, Steve Scheiner, Tapas Kar PII: S0008-6223(14)00820-3 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.080 Reference: CARBON 9278 To appear in: Carbon Received Date: 24 May 2014 Accepted Date: 22 August 2014 Please cite this article as: Lone, B., Scheiner, S., Kar, T., Competition between carboxylic and phenolic groups for the preferred sites at the periphery of graphene – A DFT study, Carbon (2014), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.carbon.2014.08.080 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.