Thiol functionalized reduced graphene oxide as a base material for novel graphene-nanoparticle hybrid composites

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 146-154

  Pham, Chuyen V ^a   Eck, Michael ^a   Krueger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GO; NCs; Reduced graphene oxide; RGO; Semiconductor nanocrystals; Thiol functionalized grapheme nanocomposite; TrGO

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHEMES; GO; NCS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; RGO; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TRGO;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

EID: 84881243544     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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