Non-oxidative intercalation and exfoliation of graphite by Brønsted acids

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 957-963

  Kovtyukhova, Nina I ^a   Wang, Yuanxi ^a   Berkdemir, Ayse ^a   Cruz Silva, Rodolfo ^b   Terrones, Mauricio ^a   Crespi, Vincent H ^a   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84908161182     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2054     Document Type: Article

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