Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Boron and Nitrogen co-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for the Protection of Electromagnetic Radiation in Ku-Band

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19831-19842

  Umrao, Sima ^a   Gupta, Tejendra K ^a   Kumar, Shiv ^a   Singh, Vijay K ^a   Sultania, Manish K ^a   Jung, Jung Hwan ^b   Oh, Il Kwon ^b   Srivastava, Anchal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electrical conductivity; EMI shielding; microwave; reduced graphene oxide; variable range hopping

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GRAPHENE; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHIELDING; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; STEALTH TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMI SHIELDING; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SPACE CHARGE POLARIZATION; VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 84941035342     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05890     Document Type: Article

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