Metastable phase formation and structural evolution of epitaxial graphene grown on SiC(100) under a temperature gradient

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Goncalves, A M B ^a   Malachias, A ^a,b   Mazzoni, M S ^a   Lacerda, R G ^a   Magalhaes Paniago R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD REGIONS; DIFFRACTION DATA; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; METASTABLE PHASE; METASTABLE PHASE FORMATION; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

CALCULATIONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; METASTABLE PHASES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84859619062     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/17/175603     Document Type: Article

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