Swelling of Graphene Oxide Membranes in Aqueous Solution: Characterization of Interlayer Spacing and Insight into Water Transport Mechanisms

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 6440-6450

  Zheng, Sunxiang ^a   Tu, Qingsong ^a   Urban, Jeffrey J ^b   Li, Shaofan ^a   Mi, Baoxia ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; interlayer spacing; membrane; swelling; water transport

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANES; MOLECULES; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS; SWELLING;

2D NANOMATERIAL; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE WITH DISSIPATION; THEORETICAL MODELING; WATER TRANSPORT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85021392831     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02999     Document Type: Article

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