Boron nitride colloidal solutions, ultralight aerogels and freestanding membranes through one-step exfoliation and functionalization

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lei, Weiwei ^a   Mochalin, Vadym N ^b,c   Liu, Dan ^a   Qin, Si ^a   Gogotsi, Yury ^b   Chen, Ying ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; CHEMICAL PROCESS; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; GEL; MEMBRANE; OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL REACTION; COLLOID; EXCITATION; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84948655603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9849     Document Type: Article

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