High Yield Synthesis of Aspect Ratio Controlled Graphenic Materials from Anthracite Coal in Supercritical Fluids

ACS Nano

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 5293-5303

  Sasikala, Suchithra Padmajan ^a   Henry, Lucile ^a   Yesilbag Tonga, Gulen ^b   Huang, Kai ^a   Das, Riddha ^b   Giroire, Baptiste ^a   Marre, Samuel ^a   Rotello, Vincent M ^b   Penicaud, Alain ^a   Poulin, Philippe ^a   Aymonier, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

bioimaging; coal; conductive graphenic ribbons; emissive graphene oxide quantum dots; supercritical fluids

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COAL; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GRAPHENE; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

ASPECT-RATIO CONTROLLED; BIO-IMAGING; CONDUCTIVE GRAPHENIC RIBBONS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH YIELD SYNTHESIS; SUPERCRITICAL ETHANOL;

ANTHRACITE;

EID: 84973304760     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b01298     Document Type: Article

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