Insights into few-layer epitaxial graphene growth on 4H-SiC (000 1̄) substrates from STM studies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Biedermann, Laura B ^a   Bolen, Michael L ^a   Capano, Michael A ^a   Zemlyanov, Dmitry ^a   Reifenberger, Ronald G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 63249093012     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.125411     Document Type: Article

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