Binding mechanisms of molecular oxygen and moisture to graphene

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Yinxiao ^a   Murali, Raghu ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL PLANES; BINDING MECHANISMS; DRY OXYGEN; VACUUM-ANNEALING;

GRAPHENE;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

EID: 79952436726     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3562317     Document Type: Article

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