A cationic azobenzene-surfactant-modified graphene hybrid: Unique photoresponse and electrochemical behavior

Nanoscale

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 19673-19686

  Chen, Shu ^a   Bao, Lin ^a   Ou, Encai ^a   Peng, Chang ^a   Wang, Weimao ^a   Xu, Weijian ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROSTATICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION;

AGGREGATION STRUCTURE; AZOBENZENE SURFACTANT; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; REVERSIBLE SELF ASSEMBLIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84948178839     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04646g     Document Type: Article

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