Graphene oxide as a monoatomic blocking layer

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8022-8029

  Petersen, Søren ^a   Glyvradal, Magni ^b   Bøggild, Peter ^c   Hu, Wenping ^d   Feidenhans'L, Robert ^b   Laursen, Bo W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

barrier layer; graphene oxide; molecular electronics; molecular interfacing; vertical devices; X ray reflectivity

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYERS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MOLECULAR INTERFACING; VERTICAL DEVICES; X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CADMIUM; ELECTRODES; METALS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYERS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; VAPORS; X RAYS;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84866677420     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302628q     Document Type: Article

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