Probing charge scattering mechanisms in suspended graphene by varying its dielectric environment

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Newaz, A K M ^a   Puzyrev, Yevgeniy S ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Pantelides, Sokrates T ^a   Bolotin, Kirill I ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOLE; GRAPHENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOFABRICATION; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84859208164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1740     Document Type: Article

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