Quasi-molecular fluorescence from graphene oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Galande, Charudatta ^a   Mohite, Aditya D ^b   Naumov, Anton V ^c   Gao, Wei ^c   Ci, Lijie ^a   Ajayan, Anakha ^a   Gao, Hui ^a   Srivastava, Anchal ^d   Bruce Weisman, R ^c   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a,c  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84857917458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00085     Document Type: Article

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