Liquid crystalline behavior of graphene oxide in the formation and deformation of tough nanocomposite hydrogels

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 14648-14657

  Zhu, Zhongcheng ^a   Song, Guoshan ^a   Liu, Jiaqi ^b   Whitten, Philip G ^c   Liu, Luqi ^d   Wang, Huiliang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFORMATION; GELATION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; PHASE SEPARATION; TENSILE STRAIN;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; GELATION PROCESS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; NANOCOMPOSITE HYDROGELS; NEMATIC DROPLETS; POLY-N-VINYLPYRROLIDONE; UNIAXIAL TENSILE DEFORMATION;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84916198703     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la503815y     Document Type: Article

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