In situ reduction of graphene oxide nanoplatelet during spark plasma sintering of a silica matrix composite

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3357-3364

  Porwal, Harshit ^a,b   Grasso, Salvatore ^a,b   Mani, Mahesh Kumar ^c   Reece, Mike J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nanoforce Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene graphene oxide nanoplatelets; Nano composites; Powder and colloidal processing; Silica; Thermal reduction: Crystallisation

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PROCESSING; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

COLLOIDAL PROCESSING; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANO-PLATELETS; POWDER PROCESSING; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROCESSING METHOD; THERMAL REDUCTION;

SILICA;

EID: 84904745401     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.04.031     Document Type: Article

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