Uniform hexagonal graphene flakes and films grown on liquid copper surface

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7992-7996

  Geng, Dechao ^a   Wu, Bin ^a   Guo, Yunlong ^a   Huang, Liping ^a   Xue, Yunzhou ^a   Chen, Jianyi ^a   Yu, Gui ^a   Jiang, Lang ^a   Hu, Wenping ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic crystal; Electronic materials

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GRAPHENE; HEXAGONAL GRAPHENE FLAKE; LIQUID COPPER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONICS; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861418233     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1200339109     Document Type: Article

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