The effect of layer number and substrate on the stability of graphene under MeV proton beam irradiation

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1720-1726

  Mathew, S ^a   Chan, T K ^a   Zhan, D ^b   Gopinadhan, K ^a   Barman, A R ^a   Breese, M B H ^a   Dhar, S ^a   Shen, Z X ^b   Venkatesan, T ^a   Thong, John T L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BEAM IRRADIATION; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DAMAGE THRESHOLD; GRAPHENE LAYERS; LAYER NUMBER; NUMBER OF LAYERS; RADIATION HARDNESS; SURFACE DESORPTION; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

DESORPTION; IRRADIATION; PROTON BEAMS; SUBSTRATES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79551683343     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.12.057     Document Type: Article

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