Enhancing the Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphene in Organic Solvents upon Addition of n-Octylbenzene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Haar, Sébastien ^a   El Gemayel, Mirella ^a   Shin, Yuyoung ^b   Melinte, Georgian ^c   Squillaci, Marco A ^a   Ersen, Ovidiu ^c   Casiraghi, Cinzia ^b   Ciesielski, Artur ^a   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 84947711323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16684     Document Type: Article

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