Simultaneous laser-induced reduction and nitrogen doping of graphene oxide in titanium oxide/graphene oxide composites

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2718-2724

  György, Enikö ^a,b   Pérez Del Pino, Angel ^a   Logofatu, Costantin ^c   Cazan, Cristina ^d   Duta, Anca ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^d TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THIN FILMS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WETTING;

HYDROPHILIC CONVERSION; LASER-INDUCED REDUCTION; MATRIX ASSISTED PULSED LASER EVAPORATION; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PHOTOACTIVE PROPERTIES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; TITANIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 84908027751     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13013     Document Type: Article

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