Water-soluble polymer exfoliated graphene: As catalyst support and sensor

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5606-5613

  Wang, Haibo ^a   Xia, Baoyu ^a   Yan, Ya ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Wang, Jing Yuan ^b   Wang, Xin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITE FILMS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GRAPHENE; SENSORS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANALYSIS AND CONTROLS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; POLY(4-VINYL PYRIDINE); POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84877718983     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401418z     Document Type: Article

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