Highly efficient synthesis of neat graphene nanoscrolls from graphene oxide by well-controlled lyophilization

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 6811-6818

  Xu, Zhen ^a   Zheng, Bingna ^a   Chen, Jiewei ^a   Gao, Chao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; ICE CONTROL; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOLOGY; YARN;

CHEMICAL REDUCTION; COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION; TOPOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84916613813     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm503418h     Document Type: Article

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