Cutting and controlled modification of graphene with ion beams

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Lehtinen, O ^a   Kotakoski, J ^a   Krasheninnikov, A V ^a,b   Keinonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; ATOMISTIC COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED MODIFICATION; GRAPHENE SHEETS; ION IRRADIATION; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION BEAMS; IONS; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79952973303     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/17/175306     Document Type: Article

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