Investigation of optical modulated conductance effects based on a graphene oxide-azobenzene hybrid

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3236-3241

  Zhang, Xuequan ^a,b   Feng, Yiyu ^a,b   Huang, Dong ^a,b   Li, Yu ^a,b   Feng, Wei ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CHROMOPHORES; HYBRID SYSTEMS; IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AZO CHROMOPHORES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERNAL SHORTS; SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION METHOD;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79952119696     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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