Programmable hydrogenation of graphene for novel nanocages

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Liuyang ^a   Zeng, Xiaowei ^b   Wang, Xianqiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

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EID: 84889579746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03162     Document Type: Article

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