Formation of graphene aqueous suspensions using fluorinated surfactant-assisted ultrasonication of pristine graphite

Carbon

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-46

  Samoilov, V M ^a   Danilov, E A ^a   Nikolaeva, A V ^a   Yerpuleva, G A ^a   Trofimova, N N ^a   Abramchuk, S S ^b   Ponkratov, K V ^c  

^a Res Inst of Struct Graphite Mat   (Russian Federation)

^b A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^c Renishaw OOO   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; LASER DIFFRACTOMETRY; QUALITATIVE PROPERTIES; ULTRA-SONICATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84922264375     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.11.051     Document Type: Article

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