A nanoscopic approach to studying evolution in graphene wettability

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 784-792

  Lai, Chia Yun ^a   Tang, Tzu Chieh ^a   Amadei, Carlo A ^a   Marsden, Alexander J ^d   Verdaguer, Albert ^b,c   Wilson, Neil ^d   Chiesa, Matteo ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WETTING;

ADSORPTION OF WATER; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; MACROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84920367122     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.034     Document Type: Article

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