Self-assembled graphene hydrogel via a one-step hydrothermal process

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4324-4330

  Xu, Yuxi ^a   Sheng, Kaixuan ^a   Li, Chun ^a   Shi, Gaoquan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; hydrogel hydrothermal reduction; self assembly; three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL REDUCTION; MACROSTRUCTURES; PAPER-LIKE MATERIALS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SUPER CAPACITOR; THERMALLY STABLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FILMS; GRAPHENE; HYDROGELS; REDUCTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GRAPHITE;

GRAPHITE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEL; MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77955529587     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn101187z     Document Type: Article

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