Glass, gel, and liquid crystals: Arrested states of graphene oxide aqueous dispersions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 21706-21713

  Konkena, Bharathi ^a   Vasudevan, Sukumaran ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; GELS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAPHENE; IONIC STRENGTH;

ANISOTROPIC COLLOIDS; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; COMPETING INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HIGH SALT CONCENTRATION; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE TRANSITION; LOW SALT CONCENTRATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84920278179     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507266t     Document Type: Article

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