Self-assembled foam-like graphene networks formed through nucleate boiling

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ahn, Ho Seon ^a   Jang, Ji Wook ^b   Seol, Minsu ^b   Kim, Ji Min ^b   Yun, Dong Jin ^c   Park, Chibeom ^b   Kim, Hyungdae ^d   Youn, Duck Hyun ^b   Kim, Jae Young ^b   Park, Gunyeop ^b   Park, Su Cheong ^b   Kim, Jin Man ^b   Yu, Dong In ^b   Yong, Kijung ^b   Kim, Moo Hwan ^b   Lee, Jae Sung ^b  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875151080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01396     Document Type: Article

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