Vapour-phase graphene epitaxy at low temperatures

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Zhang, Lianchang ^a,b   Shi, Zhiwen ^a   Liu, Donghua ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Shi, Dongxia ^a   Zhang, Guangyu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

epitaxial growth; Graphene; highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG); mobility; remote plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RPECVD); SiC; transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862791992     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-012-0205-6     Document Type: Article

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