A facile method to observe graphene growth on copper foil

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 47, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Fan ^a   Liu, Yangqiao ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Gao, Lian ^a   Sun, Jing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER FOILS; COPPER OXIDATION; COPPER SURFACE; ELECTRON SIGNALS; FACILE METHOD; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH RESOLUTION; LINEAR ARRAYS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; OXIDATION PROCESS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SEM IMAGE; SURFACE ADSORPTION; THEORETICAL RESULT;

COPPER; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84868139437     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/47/475705     Document Type: Article

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