Magnetocaloric effects in a freestanding and flexible graphene-based superlattice synthesized with a spatially confined reaction

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Haiou ^a   Xiao, Chong ^a   Cheng, Hao ^b   Grote, Fabian ^c   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Yao, Tao ^b   Li, Zhou ^a   Wang, Chengming ^a   Wei, Shiqiang ^b   Lei, Yong ^c   Xie, Yi ^a  

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

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

^c ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOREACTOR; NANOSHEET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM;

ALKENE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPACE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84901919900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4960     Document Type: Article

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