A manufacturing perspective on graphene dispersions

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science - Tập 20 Số 5-6 - Trang 367-382 - 2015
D. Johnson1, Ben P. Dobson1, Karl S. Coleman1
1Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom

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