Synthesis of dispersible ferromagnetic graphene nanoribbon stacks with enhanced electrical percolation properties in a magnetic field

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 10396-10404

  Genorio, Bostjan ^a,d   Peng, Zhiwei ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Price Hoelscher, B Katherine ^e   Novosel, Barbara ^d   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)

^e M I SWACO   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical percolation; ferromagnetic; graphene nanoribbons; intercalated graphene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; FERROMAGNETIC; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

GRAPHITE; IRON; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84870459929     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304509c     Document Type: Article

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