Highly concentrated and stable few-layers graphene suspensions in pure and volatile organic solvents

Applied Materials Today

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-23

  Azani, Mohammand R ^a   Hassanpour, Azin ^a   Carcelén, Veronica ^b   Gibaja, Carlos ^a   Granados, Daniel ^a   Mas Ballesté, Ruben ^a   Zamora, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductive graphene coatings; Few layers graphene suspensions; Graphene powder; Graphite exfoliation

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COSTS; ETHANOL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; POWDER COATINGS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; FEW LAYERS GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE COATINGS; GRAPHITE EXFOLIATION; INDUSTRIAL POTENTIALS; PURE ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENT-WATER MIXTURES; VOLATILE ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84954088117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23529407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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