Surface electrostatic potentials in carbon nanotubes and graphene membranes investigated with electron holography

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1423-1429

  Ortolani, Luca ^a   Houdellier, Florent ^b   Monthioux, Marc ^b   Snoeck, Etienne ^b   Morandi, Vittorio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; GRAPHENES; LOW-VOLTAGE; NUMBER OF LAYERS; OUTER LAYER; PROBE SURFACE; SURFACE ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; SURFACE PHASE;

ATOMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; PHASE SHIFT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 78751569654     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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