Direct exfoliation and dispersion of two-dimensional materials in pure water via temperature control

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Jinseon ^a   Kwon, Sanghyuk ^b   Cho, Dae Hyun ^c   Kang, Byunggil ^d   Kwon, Hyukjoon ^d   Kim, Youngchan ^d   Park, Sung O ^e   Jung, Gwan Yeong ^e   Shin, Eunhye ^e   Kim, Wan Gu ^b   Lee, Hyungdong ^b   Ryu, Gyeong Hee ^e   Choi, Minseok ^f   Kim, Tae Hyeong ^f   Oh, Junghoon ^g   Park, Sungjin ^g   Kwak, Sang Kyu ^e   Yoon, Suk Wang ^b   Byun, Doyoung ^b   Lee, Zonghoon ^e   Lee, Changgu ^b,d   more..

^a Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c The Ohio State University   (United States)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^f LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

^g Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEIONIZED WATER; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; WATER;

DISPERSION; EDGE WAVE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOLIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SONIC BOOM; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLUBILITY; SONICATOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THROMBOCYTE MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84941778680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9294     Document Type: Article

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