Probing graphene grain boundaries with optical microscopy

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7419, 2012, Pages 235-239

  Duong, Dinh Loc ^a,b   Han, Gang Hee ^b   Lee, Seung Mi ^c   Gunes, Fethullah ^b   Kim, Eun Sung ^b   Kim, Sung Tae ^b   Kim, Heetae ^b   Ta, Quang Huy ^b   So, Kang Pyo ^b   Yoon, Seok Jun ^b   Chae, Seung Jin ^a,b   Jo, Young Woo ^b   Park, Min Ho ^b   Chae, Sang Hoon ^b   Lim, Seong Chu ^b   Choi, Jae Young ^b,d   Lee, Young Hee ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; COPPER; GRAPHENE;

CARBON; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSCOPY; PROBE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN; GROWTH CURVE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MOISTURE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 84867337647     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11562     Document Type: Article

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