Submerged liquid plasma for the synchronized reduction and functionalization of graphene oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Senthilnathan, Jaganathan ^a   Liu, Yung Fang ^a   Rao, Kodepelly Sanjeeva ^a   Yoshimura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84897824280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04395     Document Type: Article

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