Facile hydrothermal preparation of titanium dioxide decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 3379-3387

  Chang, Betty Yea Sze ^a   Huang, Nay Ming ^a   An'amt, Mohd Nor ^b   Marlinda, Abdul Rahman ^a   Norazriena, Yusoff ^a   Muhamad, Muhamad Rasat ^c   Harrison, Ian ^d   Lim, Hong Ngee ^e   Chia, Chin Hua ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN   (Malaysia)

^c MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Hydrothermal; Nanocomposite; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROTHERMAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84870327806     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S28189     Document Type: Article

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