Highly concentrated aqueous suspensions of graphene through ultrasonic exfoliation with continuous surfactant addition

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 14110-14113

  Notley, Shannon M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION METHOD; CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LIQUID-VAPOR SURFACES; SOLID-LIQUID; SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SURFACE TENSION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84867477820     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302750e     Document Type: Article

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