Capillary-force-assisted self-assembly (CAS) of highly ordered and anisotropic graphene-based thin films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 259-267

  Tkacz, Rachel ^a   Oldenbourg, Rudolf ^b,c   Fulcher, Alex ^a   Miansari, Morteza ^a   Majumder, Mainak ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DIFFUSIVE MASS TRANSPORT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILM FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ANISOTROPY; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHENE; PHASE INTERFACES; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIN FILMS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84892570216     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4080114     Document Type: Article

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