Graphene arrested in laponite-water colloidal glass

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4009-4015

  Alhassan, Saeed M ^a   Qutubuddin, Syed ^a   Schiraldi, David A ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; COLLOIDAL GLASS; GELATION KINETICS; LAPONITE CLAY; LAPONITES; TECHNOLOGICAL ROUTE;

COAGULATION; COLLOIDAL GRAPHITE; DISPERSIONS; GELATION; GLASS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84857533802     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la204781e     Document Type: Article

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