Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Li, Dan ^a   Müller, Marc B ^a   Gilje, Scott ^b   Kaner, Richard B ^b   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHENE NANOSHEET; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON; COLLOIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 38949108623     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.451     Document Type: Article

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