Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Graphite into Single- and Few-Layer Graphene with α-Functionalized Alkanes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2714-2721

  Haar, Sébastien ^a   Bruna, Matteo ^b   Lian, Jian Xiang ^c   Tomarchio, Flavia ^b   Olivier, Yoann ^c   Mazzaro, Raffaello ^d,e   Morandi, Vittorio ^d   Moran, Joseph ^a   Ferrari, Andrea C ^b   Beljonne, David ^c   Ciesielski, Artur ^a   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PARAFFINS; THERMOANALYSIS;

DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDINONE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; STABILIZATION PROCESS; STABILIZING AGENTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84979633229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01260     Document Type: Article

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