Molecular design of stable graphene nanosheets dispersions

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4630-4641

  Konatham, Deepthi ^a   Striolo, Alberto ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED ALKANES; BRANCHED ARCHITECTURES; CARBON ATOMS; CENTERS OF MASS; EXCLUDED-VOLUME EFFECTS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; INTRINSIC PROPERTIES; LINEAR ALKANES; MOLECULAR DESIGNS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; NANO-COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATRIXES; ORGANIC SYSTEMS; PAIR POTENTIALS; POLYMERIC MATERIALS; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SIMULATED SYSTEMS; STABLE DISPERSIONS; THICK LAYERS;

ATOMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; PARAFFINS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 61649107851     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl802262p     Document Type: Article

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