Preparation of Functionalized Graphene Sheets

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1133-1150

  Špitalsk, Zdenko ^a   Danko, Martin ^a   Mosnáček, Jaroslav ^a  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphene oxide; Graphite; Modification; Oxidation; Reduction; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

SURFACE REACTIONS;

% REDUCTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHENES; HOT RESEARCH TOPICS; MODIFICATION; NANO SCALE; NEW DEVICES; PROPERTY;

REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE;

EID: 79953296872     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211795202988     Document Type: Review

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