Self-assembly of biofunctional polymer on graphene nanoribbons

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1011-1017

  Reuven, Darkeyah G ^a   Suggs, Kelvin ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a   Wang, Xiao Qian ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofunctional; graphene nanoribbons; nanomaterials; polymer; self assembly

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PROPERTIES; ASSEMBLY YIELDS; BIOFUNCTIONAL; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NANO PATTERN; NANOMATERIAL; NANOSCALE REGIME; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; POLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SUPRAMOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLIES; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; GLYCOLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

GRAPHENE;

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GRAPHITE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84857752342     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204825b     Document Type: Article

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