Origin of the relatively low transport mobility of graphene grown through chemical vapor deposition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Song, H S ^a   Li, S L ^a   Miyazaki, H ^a   Sato, S ^b   Hayashi, K ^b   Yamada, A ^b   Yokoyama, N ^b   Tsukagoshi, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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EID: 84859765689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00337     Document Type: Article

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