Self-assembly and headgroup effect in nanostructured organogels via cationic amphiphile-graphene oxide composites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Jiao, Tifeng ^a,b   Wang, Yujin ^a   Zhang, Qingrui ^a   Yan, Xuehai ^b   Zhao, Xiaoqing ^a   Zhou, Jingxin ^a   Gao, Faming ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMPHOPHILE; CATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GELATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84903642422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101620     Document Type: Article

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