Achieving extremely concentrated aqueous dispersions of graphene flakes and catalytically efficient graphene-metal nanoparticle hybrids with flavin mononucleotide as a high-performance stabilizer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10293-10307

  Ayan Varela M ^a   Paredes, J I ^a   Guardia, L ^a   Villar Rodil, S ^a   Munuera, J M ^a   Diaz Gonzalez M ^b   Fernandez Sanchez C ^b   Martinez Alonso A ^a   Tascon J M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

biodispersants; catalytic reduction; graphene; graphene dispersions; graphene nanoparticle hybrids

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; SILVER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIODISPERSANTS; CATALYTIC REDUCTION; COLLOIDAL STABILIZATION; ELECTROREDUCTION OF OXYGENS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDES; GRAPHENE DISPERSIONS; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; REDUCTION OF NITROARENES;

DISPERSIONS;

COLLOID; EXCIPIENT; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; GRAPHITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCONJUGATE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; COLLOIDS; EXCIPIENTS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; GRAPHITE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCONJUGATES; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER;

EID: 84930221773     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00910     Document Type: Article

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