Liquid crystalline and shear-induced properties of an aqueous solution of graphene oxide sheets

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 8103-8107

  Yang, Xiaoming ^a   Guo, Chengxin ^a   Ji, Liangliang ^a   Li, Yaowen ^a   Tu, Yingfeng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW CONDITION; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SHEET-LIKE STRUCTURE; SOLUTION VISCOSITY;

GRAPHENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84879512443     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la401038c     Document Type: Article

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