Self-assembled graphene monoliths: properties, structures and their pH-dependent self-assembly behavior

Xinxing Tan Cailiao/New Carbon Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-40

  Wang, Gang ^a,b   Jia, Li Tao ^a   Hou, Bo ^a   Li, De Bao ^a   Wang, Jun Gang ^a   Sun, Yu Han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene architectures; Graphene framework; Graphene hydrogels; Self assembly; Structure activity; Three dimension

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE ARCHITECTURE; GRAPHENE FRAMEWORK; GRAPHENE HYDROGELS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; OXIDE DISPERSIONS; PH-DEPENDENT; PROPERTY; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84928708874     PISSN: 10078827     EISSN: 18725805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5805(15)60173-1     Document Type: Article

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