Understanding and controlling the substrate effect on graphene electron-transfer chemistry via reactivity imprint lithography

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 724-732

  Wang, Qing Hua ^a   Jin, Zhong ^a   Kim, Ki Kang ^b   Hilmer, Andrew J ^a   Paulus, Geraldine L C ^a   Shih, Chih Jen ^a   Ham, Moon Ho ^c   Sanchez Yamagishi, Javier D ^d   Watanabe, Kenji ^e   Taniguchi, Takashi ^e   Kong, Jing ^b   Jarillo Herrero, Pablo ^d   Strano, Michael S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84866717427     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1421     Document Type: Article

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