Thermodynamic and structural insights into nanocomposites engineering by comparing two materials assembly techniques for graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4818-4829

  Zhu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Huanan ^a   Kotov, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adsorption thermodynamics; conductivity; graphene; layer by layer assembly; LBL; materials design; polyvinyl alcohol; PVA; strength; toughness; vacuum assisted flocculation; VAF

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION THERMODYNAMICS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LBL; MATERIALS DESIGN; PVA; STRENGTH; VAF;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOCCULATION; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHNESS; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VACUUM;

ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING; GRAPHITE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VACUUM;

EID: 84879619396     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400972t     Document Type: Article

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