Guidelines for exfoliation, characterization and processing of layered materials produced by liquid exfoliation

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 243-255

  Backes, Claudia ^a,b   Higgins, Thomas M ^a,b   Kelly, Adam ^a   Boland, Conor ^a   Harvey, Andrew ^a   Hanlon, Damien ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; NANOSHEETS;

BEST PRACTICES; COMPLEX PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; LAYERED MATERIAL; LIQUID EXFOLIATIONS; LIQUID PHASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE);

EID: 85029499435     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03335     Document Type: Review

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