Origin of the chemical and kinetic stability of graphene oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Si ^a   Bongiorno, Angelo ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN;

EID: 84883149314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02484     Document Type: Article

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