Graphene growth by metal etching on Ru(0001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Starodub, E ^a   Maier, S ^b   Stass, I ^b,c   Bartelt, N C ^a   Feibelman, P J ^d   Salmeron, M ^b   McCarty, K F ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 77954738325     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235422     Document Type: Article

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