Layer-by-layer assembly of thin films containing exfoliated pristine graphene nanosheets and polyethyleneimine

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2410-2418

  Sham, Alison Y W ^a   Notley, Shannon M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNIQUES; MULTILAYER ASSEMBLIES; SEQUENTIAL ADSORPTION; SOLUTION CONDITIONS; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ADSORPTION; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; FILM PREPARATION; GRAPHENE; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOSHEETS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84896772707     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la404745b     Document Type: Article

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