High quality dispersions of hexabenzocoronene in organic solvents

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 12168-12179

  Hughes, J Marguerite ^a   Hernandez, Yenny ^b   Aherne, Damian ^a   Doessel, Lukas ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Moreton, Ben ^c   White, Thomas W ^c   Partridge, Cerianne ^c   Costantini, Giovanni ^c   Shmeliov, Aleksey ^d   Shannon, Mervyn ^e   Nicolosi, Valeria ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2 ,4-TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1-CHLORONAPHTHALENE; ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ABSORBANCES; AGGREGATION STATE; AMIDE SOLVENTS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; CYCLOHEXYL; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; GRAPHITIC MATERIALS; HALOGENATED SOLVENTS; HEXABENZOCORONENE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; HILDEBRAND; HILDEBRAND SOLUBILITY; LARGE POPULATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POOR SOLVENTS; SOLVENT PROPERTIES; TETRAHYDROFURANS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; ULTRA-THIN;

AGGREGATES; AMIDES; DISPERSIONS; GRAPHENE; HALOGENATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULES; MONOMERS; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLVENTS;

1 BROMONAPHTHALENE; 1 CHLORONAPHTHALENE; 1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTOXYETHYLACETATE; 2 NITROPROPANE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZYL BENZOATE; BROMOBENZENE; CHLOROPHENOL; CORONENE; CYCLOHEXYL PYRROLIDONE; FLUOROBENZENE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; GRAPHENE; HALOGEN; HEXABENZOCORONENE; METHYL BENZOATE; N BENZYL PYRROLIDONE; N DODECYL PYRROLIDONE; N FORMYLPIPERIDINE; N OCTYL PYRROLIDONE; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; NANOTUBE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHENYLCYCLOHEXANE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ENTHALPY; HALOGENATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84864199010     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja303683v     Document Type: Article

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