Direct mechanochemical cleavage of functional groups from graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Felts, Jonathan R ^a   Oyer, Andrew J ^b   Hernández, Sandra C ^b   Whitener, Keith E ^b   Robinson, Jeremy T ^b   Walton, Scott G ^b   Sheehan, Paul E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLEAVAGE; OXYGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924366001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7467     Document Type: Article

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