Graphene: Synthesis, functionalization and properties

Modern Physics Letters B

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 427-451

  Rao, C N R ^a   Subrahmanyam, K S ^a   Ramakrishna Matte, H S S ^a   Govindaraj, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

charge transfer; few layer graphene; graphene like MoS2 and BN; magnetism; Single layer graphene; surface area

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952291766     PISSN: 02179849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984911025961     Document Type: Article

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