In situ intercalation replacement and selective functionalization of graphene nanoribbon stacks

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 4231-4240

  Genorio, Bostjan ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Dimiev, Ayrat M ^a   Zhu, Yu ^a   Raji, Abdul Rahman O ^a   Novosel, Barbara ^d   Alemany, Lawrence B ^a,c   Tour, James M ^a,b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Conductivity; Edge functionalization; Graphene nanoribbon stacks; Intercalation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BASAL PLANES; BULK MATERIALS; CARBON ATOMS; EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; HALOALKANES; IN-SITU; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SELECTIVE FUNCTIONALIZATION;

ALKYLATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERCALATION; POTASSIUM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84864658171     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300757t     Document Type: Article

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