Controlled synthesis of bilayer graphene on nickel

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Umair, Ahmad ^a   Raza, Hassan ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer graphene; Chemical vapor deposition; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROFILES; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; BI-LAYER; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; GROWTH TIME; OPTIMIZED PROCESS; PEAK INTENSITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE NICKELS; ULTRA-FAST;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; METHANE; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VAPORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84866100104     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-437     Document Type: Article

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