Bottom-up synthesis of anatase nanoparticles with graphene domains

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 10638-10648

  Mogilevsky, Gregory ^a   Hartman, Olga ^b   Emmons, Erik D ^c   Balboa, Alex ^b   Decoste, Jared B ^c   Schindler, Bryan J ^c   Iordanov, Ivan ^b   Karwacki, Christopher J ^b  

^a BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

bottom up synthesis; enhanced interfacial contact; graphene titania composite; new synthetic approach; small organic precursor

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATERIALS PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BOTTOM-UP SYNTHESIS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; ORGANIC PRECURSOR; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TITANIA COMPOSITES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84904100715     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502322y     Document Type: Article

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