Crystallographically selective nanopatterning of graphene on SiO2

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Nemes Incze, Péter ^a   Magda, Gábor ^b   Kamarás, Katalin ^c   Biró, László Péter ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Etching; Graphene; Nanoribbon; Zigzag

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949285602     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1015-3     Document Type: Article

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