Atomistic understandings of reduced graphene oxide as an ultrathin-film nanoporous membrane for separations

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lin, Li Chiang ^a,b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOFILM; NATURAL GAS; OXYGEN; WATER;

CARBON; DESALINATION; FILM; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; PORE SPACE; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84942456148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9335     Document Type: Article

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