Low-density three-dimensional foam using self-reinforced hybrid two-dimensional atomic layers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vinod, Soumya ^a   Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar ^a,b   Da Silva Autreto, Pedro Alves ^a,c   Taha Tijerina, Jaime ^a   Ozden, Sehmus ^a   Chipara, Alin Cristian ^a   Vajtai, Robert ^a   Galvao, Douglas S ^c   Narayanan, Tharangattu N ^d   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; HYDROXYL GROUP;

FOAM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OXIDE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FOAM; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ATOMIC LAYER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84905222974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5541     Document Type: Article

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