Defect-like structures of graphene on copper foils for strain relief investigated by high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4014-4022

  Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Gao, Teng ^a   Gao, Yabo ^a   Xie, Shubao ^a   Ji, Qingqing ^a   Yan, Kai ^a   Peng, Hailin ^a   Liu, Zhongfan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu foil; CVD; Graphene; Growth; STM

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; COPPER FOILS; CORRUGATED SURFACES; CU FOIL; GROWTH PARAMETERS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; LOCAL BONDING; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; STM; STRAIN EFFECT; STRAIN RELIEF; THERMAL EXPANSION MISMATCH;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEFECTS; METAL CLADDING; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EXPANSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 80051487167     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn200573v     Document Type: Article

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