Ultrafast Processes in Graphene Oxide during Femtosecond Laser Excitation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4104-4111

  Liaros, N ^a,b   Couris, S ^a,b   Koudoumas, E ^c   Loukakos, P A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER EXCITATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

REVERSE SATURABLE ABSORPTION; SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT SPECTRA; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST EXCITATION; ULTRAFAST PROCESS; ULTRAFAST PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84959422489     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11943     Document Type: Article

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