Structural defects in graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-41

  Banhart, Florian ^a   Kotakoski, Jani ^b   Krasheninnikov, Arkady V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Defects; Electronic properties; Graphene; Interstitials; Lattice reconstruction; Line defects; Point defects; Vacancies

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LATTICE; EXTRINSIC DEFECTS; FOREIGN ATOMS; INTERSTITIALS; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; LATTICE RECONSTRUCTION; LINE DEFECTS; LOCAL PROPERTY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT;

DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POINT DEFECTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79952275635     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102598m     Document Type: Review

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