Role of C-N Configurations in the Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots Synthesized by a Hydrothermal Route

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Permatasari, Fitri Aulia ^a   Aimon, Akfiny Hasdi ^a   Iskandar, Ferry ^a   Ogi, Takashi ^b   Okuyama, Kikuo ^b  

^a BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84958191553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21042     Document Type: Article

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