One-pot exfoliation of graphite and synthesis of nanographene/dimesitylporphyrin hybrids

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 10704-10714

  Mar Bernal, M ^a   Pérez, Emilio M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphene; Porphyrin; Van der Waals forces; stacking interactions

Indexed keywords

DIMESITYLPORPHYRIN; GRAPHITE; NANOGRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLE; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOCONJUGATE; PORPHYRIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXFOLIATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; GRAPHITE; NANOCONJUGATES; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 84929377643     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160510704     Document Type: Article

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