A new electrochemical approach for the synthesis of copper-graphene nanocomposite foils with high hardness

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pavithra, Chokkakula L P ^a,b   Sarada, Bulusu V ^a   Rajulapati, Koteswararao V ^b   Rao, Tata N ^a   Sundararajan, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

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EID: 84904717652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04049     Document Type: Article

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