Direct covalent modification of thermally exfoliated graphene forming functionalized graphene stably dispersible in water and poly(vinyl alcohol)

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 291, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2365-2374

  Dao, Trung Dung ^a   Lee, Hyung Il ^a   Jeong, Han Mo ^a   Kim, Byung Kyu ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Covalent modification; Graphene; Inherent defect; PVA; Thermal exfoliation; Water dispersible

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; DIRECT COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; EXFOLIATED GRAPHENE; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; THERMAL EXFOLIATION; WATER DISPERSIBLE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84885199978     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-2984-z     Document Type: Article

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