Soft materials with graphitic nanostructures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1855, 2007, Pages 1539-1552

  Aida, Takuzo ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hexabenzocoronene; Ionic liquid; Nanotube; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249067048     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2030     Document Type: Review

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