Growth of graphene on Ir(111)

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Coraux, Johann ^a,d   N'Diaye, Alpha T ^a   Engler, Martin ^a   Busse, Carsten ^a   Wall, Dirk ^b   Buckanie, Niemma ^b   Meyer Zu Heringdorf, Frank J ^b   Van Gastel, Raoul ^c   Poelsema, Bene ^c   Michely, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; ETHYLENE; GAS ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS; IRIDIUM; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS;

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITIONS; GRAPHENE; GROWTH METHODS; HIGH QUALITIES; IR(111); ISLAND SIZES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; ZIGZAG EDGES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 62649174812     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023006     Document Type: Article

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