The effect of thermal reduction on the photoluminescence and electronic structures of graphene oxides

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chuang, C H ^a   Wang, Y F ^a   Shao, Y C ^a   Yeh, Y C ^b   Wang, D Y ^b   Chen, C W ^b   Chiou, J W ^c   Ray, Sekhar C ^d,e   Pong, W F ^a   Zhang, L ^f   Zhu, J F ^f   Guo, J H ^g  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e Science Campus Florida Park ^*  (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84898422415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04525     Document Type: Article

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