Progress of graphene growth on copper by chemical vapor deposition: Growth behavior and controlled synthesis

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2995-2999

  Ma, LaiPeng ^a   Ren, WenCai ^a   Dong, ZaiLi ^b   Liu, LianQing ^b   Cheng, HuiMing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

chemical vapor deposition; controlled growth; copper substrate; graphene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865495564     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5335-4     Document Type: Review

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