Making graphene luminescent by oxygen plasma treatment

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3963-3968

  Gokus, T ^a   Nair, R R ^b   Bonetti, A ^c   Bohmler M ^a   Lombardo, A ^c   Novoselov, K S ^b   Geim, A K ^b   Ferrari, A C ^c   Hartschuh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene; Optical properties; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENES; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; OXYGEN PLASMAS; SINGLE LAYER;

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; OXYGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 73849133636     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9012753     Document Type: Article

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