New insights into the structure and reduction of graphite oxide

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Gao, Wei ^a   Alemany, Lawrence B ^a   Ci, Lijie ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

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EID: 69249171803     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.281     Document Type: Article

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