The evolution of electronic structure in few-layer graphene revealed by optical spectroscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 14999-15004

  Mak, Kin Fai ^a   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^b   Misewich, James A ^b   Heinza, Tony F ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic structures; Infrared spectroscopy; Zone folding method

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; THICKNESS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBON; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 77957004428     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004595107     Document Type: Article

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