Catalyst-free growth of nanographene films on various substrates

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-321

  Zhang, Lianchang ^a   Shi, Zhiwen ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Shi, Dongxia ^a   Zhang, Guangyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Catalyst free; Nanographene; Plasma enhancement chemical vapor deposition (PECVD); Transparent and conductive film

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952185709     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0086-5     Document Type: Article

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