Conductive thin films of pristine graphene by solvent interface trapping

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7062-7066

  Woltornist, Steven J ^a   Oyer, Andrew J ^a   Carrillo, Jan Michael Y ^a   Dobrynin, Andrey V ^a   Adamson, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene; interfacial self assembly; natural flake graphite; solution processing; transparent conductor

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE THIN FILMS; FLAKE GRAPHITE; HOMOGENEOUS THIN FILM; INTERFACIAL SELF ASSEMBLIES; LONG-RANGE STRUCTURES; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GRAPHITE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); THIN FILMS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883249320     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402371c     Document Type: Article

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