Mechanistic aspects of the radiation-chemical reduction of graphene oxide to graphene-like materials

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 486-494

  Flyunt, Roman ^a,b   Knolle, Wolfgang ^a   Kahnt, Axel ^c   Prager, Andrea ^a   Lotnyk, Andriy ^a   Malig, Jenny ^c   Guldi, Dirk ^c   Abel, Bernd ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF SURFACE ENGINEERING IOM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Graphene oxide; Reduced graphene oxide; Reducing free radicals

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE LIKE MATERIAL; GRAPHENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DISPERSION; ELECTRON BEAM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CHEMICAL REDUCTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON BEAM; GRAPHENE OXIDE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; REDUCING FREE RADICALS;

ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84901918200     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.907934     Document Type: Article

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