Graphene aerogel/epoxy composites with exceptional anisotropic structure and properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5538-5549

  Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Shen, Xi ^a   Akbari Garakani, Mohammad ^a   Lin, Xiuyi ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Liu, Xu ^a   Sun, Xinying ^a   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anisotropic properties; graphene aerogel; nanocomposite; reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE;

ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; ANISOTROPIC STRUCTURE; CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE; DEGREE OF ALIGNMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE AEROGELS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84924599437     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00146     Document Type: Article

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