Evidence for graphene growth by C cluster attachment

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Loginova, Elena ^a   Bartelt, Norman C ^a   Feibelman, Peter J ^b   McCarty, Kevin F ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; CARBON CLUSTERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LANDFORMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONOMERS; ORE TREATMENT; SUPERSATURATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ADATOM DIFFUSION; CARBON AD-ATOMS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GRAPHENE ISLANDS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL ISLANDS; RU(0001); STEP EDGES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 53149110825     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/9/093026     Document Type: Article

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