Surface chemistry of Ni induced graphite formation on the 6H-SiC (0 0 0 1) surface and its implications for graphene synthesis

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1999-2003

  Woodworth, A A ^a   Stinespring, C D ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THICKNESS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; GRAPHITE FORMATION; GRAPHITIC FILMS; NI FILMS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIC(0 0 0 1); SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE-ROUGHENING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CAPILLARITY; CARBON FILMS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; MORPHOLOGY; PLATELETS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77949488752     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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