Monday 7 July 2014

Interlayer distance in graphite oxide gradually changes when water is added

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Interlayer distance in graphite oxide gradually changes when water is added
Umea, Sweden (SPX) Jul 05, 2014 - Physicists from Umea University and Humboldt University in Berlin have solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for half a century. They show with the help of powerful microscopes that the distance between graphite oxide layers gradually increases when water molecules are added. That is because the surface of graphite oxide is not flat, but varies in thickness with "hills" and "valleys" of n ... more


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