Transparent conductive graphene textile fibers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Neves, A I S ^a,b   Bointon, T H ^b   Melo, L V ^a,c   Russo, S ^b   De Schrijver, I ^d   Craciun, M F ^b   Alves, H ^a,e  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d CENTEXBEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84929207542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09866     Document Type: Article

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