Graphene bimetallic-like cantilevers: Probing graphene/substrate interactions

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4748-4752

  Conley, Hiram ^a   Lavrik, Nickolay V ^b   Prasai, Dhiraj ^a   Bolotin, Kirill I ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCANTILEVERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICON NITRIDE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80755189436     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202562u     Document Type: Article

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