Selective suspension of single layer graphene mechanochemically exfoliated from carbon nanofibres

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 963-972

  Del Rio Castillo, Antonio Esaú ^a   Merino, César ^b   Díez Barra, Enrique ^a   Vázquez, Ester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Nanofiber Division   (Spain)

Author keywords

ball milling; carbon fibre; exfoliation; graphene; Hansen solubility; parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904556734     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0457-4     Document Type: Article

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