Macroscopic assembled, ultrastrong and H 2 so 4 -resistant fibres of polymer-grafted graphene oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Xiaoli ^a   Xu, Zhen ^a   Zheng, Bingna ^a   Gao, Chao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84889609238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03164     Document Type: Article

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