Ultrahigh-throughput exfoliation of graphite into pristine 'single-layer' graphene using microwaves and molecularly engineered ionic liquids

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 730-736

  Matsumoto, Michio ^a   Saito, Yusuke ^a   Park, Chiyoung ^a   Fukushima, Takanori ^b   Aida, Takuzo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

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EID: 84939792784     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2315     Document Type: Article

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