Surface engineering of graphene quantum dots and their applications as efficient surfactants

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8615-8621

  Cho, Han Hee ^a   Yang, Hyunseung ^a   Kang, Dong Jin ^a   Kim, Bumjoon J ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

amphiphilicity; graphene quantum dots; Pickering emulsion; surface modification; surfactants

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AMPHIPHILICITY; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; FLUORESCENT SENSORS; LIQUID-SOLID SYSTEM; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; PICKERING EMULSIONS; SURFACE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMATIC CONTROL;

DISPERSIONS;

AMINE; COLLOID; EMULSION; GRAPHITE; HEXYLAMINE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; SURFACTANT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; EMULSION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINES; COLLOIDS; EMULSIONS; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84928794440     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00729     Document Type: Article

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