Graphene oxide windows for in situ environmental cell photoelectron spectroscopy

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 651-657

  Kolmakov, Andrei ^a   Dikin, Dmitriy A ^b   Cote, Laura J ^b   Huang, Jiaxing ^b   Abyaneh, Majid Kazemian ^c   Amati, Matteo ^c   Gregoratti, Luca ^c   Günther, Sebastian ^d   Kiskinova, Maya ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COSTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS SALT SOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; HIGH-VACUUM CONDITIONS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRA-THIN MEMBRANES;

GRAPHENE;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHENE; OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80455155030     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.130     Document Type: Article

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