Imaging and dynamics of light atoms and molecules on graphene

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7202, 2008, Pages 319-322

  Meyer, Jannik C ^a,b   Girit, C O ^a,b   Crommie, M F ^a,b   Zettl, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN;

IMAGING METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 47549087905     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07094     Document Type: Article

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