Liquid crystallinity and dimensions of surfactant-stabilized sheets of reduced graphene oxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2425-2430

  Zamora Ledezma, Camilo ^a,b   Puech, Nicolas ^a   Zakri, Cécile ^a   Grelet, Eric ^a   Moulton, Simon E ^c   Wallace, Gordon G ^c   Gambhir, Sanjeev ^c   Blanc, Christophe ^d   Anglaret, Eric ^d   Poulin, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONALITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; LONG-RANGE ORDERING; OXIDATION TREATMENTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; THERMODYNAMICAL STUDY; WATER BASED;

GRAPHENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84865964552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3008479     Document Type: Article

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