Tailoring the growth of graphene on Ru(0001) via engineering of the substrate surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2988-2993

  Jin, Li ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Mu, Rentao ^a   Zhang, Yanhong ^a   Tan, Dali ^a   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS BUBBLE; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GRAPHENE SHEETS; IN-SITU; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OXYGEN INTERCALATION; RU(0001); SUBSTRATE SURFACE;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; OXYGEN;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84863012470     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp210206y     Document Type: Article

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