Diffusion driven layer-by-layer assembly of graphene oxide nanosheets into porous three-dimensional macrostructures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zou, Jianli ^a   Kim, Franklin ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOSHEET; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

CARBON; FILM; FOAM; NANOPARTICLE; POROSITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; FOAM; POROSITY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84930063170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6254     Document Type: Article

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