Formation of nitrogen-doped graphene nanoribbons via chemical unzipping

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2192-2204

  Cruz Silva, Rodolfo ^a   Morelos Gómez, Aaron ^a   Vega Díaz, Sofia ^a   Tristán López, Ferdinando ^a   Elias, Ana L ^b   Perea López, Nestor ^b   Muramatsu, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayashi, Takuya ^a   Fujisawa, Kazunori ^a   Kim, Yoong Ahm ^a   Endo, Morinobu ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^a,b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; graphene nanoribbons; nanotube unzipping; nitrogen doping

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF OXIDATIONS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPING; OXIDATION REACTIONS; OXIDIZED GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; OXIDIZER CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE;

ATOMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84875677656     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305179b     Document Type: Article

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