A novel mechanical cleavage method for synthesizing few-layer graphenes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jayasena, Buddhika ^a   Subbiah, Sathyan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; GRAPHITE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; PYROLYSIS;

EDGE STRUCTURES; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENES; HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITES; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND; ULTRASONIC OSCILLATIONS; RAMAN SPECTRUM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84255204929     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-95     Document Type: Article

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