Understanding Mechanical Response of Elastomeric Graphene Networks

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ni, Na ^a,b   Barg, Suelen ^a   Garcia Tunon, Esther ^a   MacUl Perez, Felipe ^a   Miranda, Miriam ^a   Lu, Cong ^a   Mattevi, Cecilia ^a   Saiz, Eduardo ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84941053572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13712     Document Type: Article

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