In-Situ ESEM and EELS Observation of Water Uptake and Ice Formation in Multilayer Graphene Oxide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Daio, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Bayer, Thomas ^d   Ikuta, Tatsuya ^d   Nishiyama, Takashi ^d   Takahashi, Koji ^d   Takata, Yasuyuki ^b,d   Sasaki, Kazunari ^a,b,c,d   Lyth, Stephen Matthew ^d,e  

^a International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy   (Japan)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Japan)

^c Next Generation Fuel Cell Research Center (NEXT FC)   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85133146239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/SREP11807     Document Type: Article

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