Novel erythrocyte-like graphene microspheres with high quality and mass production capability via electrospray assisted self-assembly

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Yayang ^a,c   Wu, Guan ^a   Tian, Xike ^c   Tao, Xiaoming ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84888872007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03327     Document Type: Article

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