Ag-stabilized few-layer graphene dispersions in low boiling point solvents for versatile nonlinear optical applications

Carbon

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 182-192

  Sun, Zhenyu ^a   Dong, Ningning ^b   Wang, Kangpeng ^b   König, Dennis ^a   Nagaiah, Tharamani Chikka ^a   Sánchez, Miguel D ^a,c   Ludwig, Alfred ^a   Cheng, Xin ^b   Schuhmann, Wolfgang ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Muhler, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE DISPERSIONS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; STABILIZING EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS PARAMETERS; ULTRASONIC INTENSITY;

BOILING POINT; DISPERSIONS; EYE PROTECTION; GRAPHENE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

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EID: 84880279729     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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