Preparation and characterization of graphite nanosheets from ultrasonic powdering technique

Carbon

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 753-759

  Chen, Guohua ^a   Weng, Wengui ^a   Wu, Dajun ^a   Wu, Cuiling ^a   Lu, Jinrong ^a   Wang, Pingping ^a   Chen, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Exfoliated graphite; C. BET surface area; D. Microstructure, Particle size

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASONICS;

EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE NANOSHEETS;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 1642344537     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2003.12.074     Document Type: Article

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