One-Pot Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene/Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanohybrids

Nano-Micro Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 332-340

  Lonkar, Sunil P ^a,b   Raquez, Jean Marie ^a   Dubois, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Graphene; LDHs; Microwave; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; REDUCTION;

DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LDHS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE METHODS; MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS PROCEDURE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84958742872     PISSN: 23116706     EISSN: 21505551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40820-015-0047-3     Document Type: Article

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