Extremely efficient liquid exfoliation and dispersion of layered materials by unusual acoustic cavitation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Han, Joong Tark ^a,b   Jang, Jeong In ^a   Kim, Haena ^c   Hwang, Jun Yeon ^d   Yoo, Hyung Keun ^e   Woo, Jong Seok ^a   Choi, Sua ^a   Kim, Ho Young ^a   Jeong, Hee Jin ^a   Jeong, Seung Yol ^a   Baeg, Kang Jun ^a   Cho, Kilwon ^c   Lee, Geon Woong ^a  

^a Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84901814466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05133     Document Type: Article

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