Gram-scale production of graphene based on solvothermal synthesis and sonication

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Choucair, Mohammad ^a   Thordarson, Pall ^a   Stride, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; GRAPHITE; YARN;

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CARBON BASED MATERIALS; CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED GRAPHENE; GRAM-SCALE QUANTITY; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLITIC GRAPHITES; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES;

GRAPHENE;

ALCOHOL; CARBON; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; REAGENT; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOLID; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT;

EID: 58149234825     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.365     Document Type: Article

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