Graphene oxide nanoplatelets of different crystallinity synthesized from helical-ribbon carbon nanofibers and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2632-2641

  Varela Rizo, Helena ^a   Rodriguez Pastor, Iluminada ^a   Merino, Cesar ^b   Terrones, Mauricio ^c,d   Martin Gullon, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Nanofiber Division   (Spain)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; CRYSTALLINITIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; NANO-PLATELETS; OXIDATION TREATMENTS; OXIDATIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE PROCESS; STACKED LAYER; ULTRA-SONICATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON NANOFIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80054893787     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.272     Document Type: Article

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