The production of concentrated dispersions of few-layer graphene by the direct exfoliation of graphite in organosilanes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Nuvoli, Daniele ^a   Alzari, Valeria ^a   Sanna, Roberta ^a   Scognamillo, Sergio ^a   Piccinini, Massimo ^b   Peponi, Laura ^c   Kenny, Josè Maria ^c   Mariani, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphene; High concentration; Liquid exfoliation; Organosilanes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE); FILMS; GRAPHITE; SOL-GELS;

DIRECT SYNTHESIS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE DISPERSIONS; LIQUID EXFOLIATIONS; ORGANOSILANES; PREPARATION METHOD; REACTIVE SOLVENT; SOL - GEL SYNTHESIS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875322793     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-674     Document Type: Article

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