Covalent bulk functionalization of graphene

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-286

  Englert, Jan M ^a,b   Dotzer, Christoph ^a,b   Yang, Guang ^a   Schmid, Martin ^a   Papp, Christian ^a   Gottfried, J Michael ^a   Steinrück, Hans Peter ^a   Spiecker, Erdmann ^a   Hauke, Frank ^a,b   Hirsch, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2-DIMETHOXYETHANE; ALLOY; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHYL ETHER; GRAPHITE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOLVENT; TERT BUTYLBENZENE; TERT-BUTYLBENZENE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOYS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; DIAZONIUM COMPOUNDS; ETHYL ETHERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 79953102633     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1010     Document Type: Article

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