Structured epitaxial graphene: Growth and properties

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Yike ^a   Ruan, Ming ^a   Guo, Zelei ^a   Dong, Rui ^a   Palmer, James ^a   Hankinson, John ^a   Berger, Claire ^a,b   Heer, Walt A De ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE SURFACES; DEVICE APPLICATION; EDGE ROUGHNESS; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE DEVICES; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH QUALITY; NANOSCALE PATTERNING; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HALL EFFECT DEVICES; LITHOGRAPHY; MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SILICON CARBIDE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84859237541     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/15/154010     Document Type: Article

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