Graphene-based composite materials

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7100, 2006, Pages 282-286

  Stankovich, Sasha ^a   Dikin, Dmitriy A ^a   Dommett, Geoffrey H B ^a   Kohlhaas, Kevin M ^a   Zimney, Eric J ^a   Stach, Eric A ^c   Piner, Richard D ^a   Nguyen, SonBinh T ^b   Ruoff, Rodney S ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAPHITE; STIFFNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EXFOLIATION; GRAPHENE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; ROOM-TEMPERATURE;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

CARBON; GRAPHITE; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON; COMPOSITE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; POLYMER; STIFFNESS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33746344730     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04969     Document Type: Article

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