Discovery of effective solvents for platelet-type graphite nanofibers

Carbon

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 222-230

  Guardia, L ^a   Paredes, J I ^a   Villar Rodil, S ^a   Rouzaud, J N ^b   Martinez Alonso A ^a   Tascon J M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-BUTANOL; BASAL PLANES; CARBON MATERIAL; CYCLOHEXANOL; DISPERSIBILITIES; DISPERSION BEHAVIOR; GRAPHITE NANO FIBERS; HANSEN PARAMETER; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ETHANOL; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOFIBERS; PLATELETS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84871276985     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.10.052     Document Type: Article

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