Ultrasonicated-ozone modification of exfoliated graphite for stable aqueous graphitic nanoplatelet dispersions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 49, 2014, Pages

  Rider, A N ^a   An, Q ^b,c   Thostenson, E T ^b,c   Brack, N ^d  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

functionalization; graphene; ink jet printing

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; INK; OXIDE FILMS; OZONE; PROCESSING; QUARTZ;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; DEGREE OF DISORDER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; PROCESSING METHOD; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES;

INK JET PRINTING;

EID: 84912035215     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/49/495607     Document Type: Article

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