Wall by wall controllable unzipping of MWCNTs via intercalation with oxalic acid to produce multilayers graphene oxide ribbon

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-198

  Mahmoud, Waleed E ^a,b   Al Hazmi, Farag S ^a   Al Harbi, Ghada H ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide ribbon; Intercalation; MWCNTs; Pressure sensor; Raman spectroscopy; Unzipping

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; INTERCALATION; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION; PRESSURE SENSORS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; YARN;

GRAPHENE OXIDE NANORIBBON; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; MOLECULAR LENGTH; MWCNTS; OXIDIZING AGENTS; THROUGH THE WALL; UNZIPPING;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84934277989     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.081     Document Type: Article

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