The invention of graphene electronics and the physics of epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide

Physica Scripta

Volumn , Issue T146, 2012, Pages

  De Heer, Walt A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR; COHERENT PROPERTIES; DIFFUSIVE REGIME; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; GRAPHITIC MATERIALS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD METHOD; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; SILICON CARBIDE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84857382507     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: 14024896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2012/T146/014004     Document Type: Article

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