A multi-step exfoliation approach to maintain the lateral size of graphene oxide sheets

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 830-832

  Sierra, Uriel ^a   Álvarez, Patricia ^a   Santamaría, Ricardo ^a   Granda, Marcos ^a   Blanco, Clara ^a   Menéndez, Rosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDE;

GRAPHITE OXIDE; LATERAL SIZES; MULTI-STEP; MULTI-STEP PROCEDURES; SHEET SIZE; TRI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

SONICATION;

EID: 85027956669     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.053     Document Type: Letter

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