Microwave synthesis of large few-layer graphene sheets in aqueous solution of ammonia

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-137

  Janowska, Izabela ^a   Chizari, Kambiz ^a   Ersen, Ovidiu ^a   Zafeiratos, Spyridon ^a   Soubane, Driss ^a   da Costa, Victor ^a   Speisser, Virginie ^a   Boeglin, Christine ^a   Houllé, Matthieu ^a   Bégin, Dominique ^a   Plee, Dominique ^b   Ledoux, Marc Jacques ^a   Pham Huu, Cuong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Expanded graphite exfoliation; Graphene; Microwaves; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949302987     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1017-1     Document Type: Article

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