A microexplosion method for the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1439-1445

  Fan, Yuchi ^a,d   Li, Jianlin ^b   Liu, Xia ^a   Wang, Lianjun ^a   Chen, Xihong ^c   Sun, Shikuan ^c   Kawasaki, Akira ^d   Jiang, Wan ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MICRO EXPLOSION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS MECHANISM; WALL THICKNESS;

GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POTASSIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78751567832     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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