Spatial control of defect creation in graphene at the nanoscale

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Robertson, Alex W ^a   Allen, Christopher S ^a   Wu, Yimin A ^a   He, Kuang ^a   Olivier, Jaco ^b   Neethling, Jan ^b   Kirkland, Angus I ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; DEFECT; ELECTRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENGINEERING; IRRADIATION; MAGNETISM; MECHANICS; NANOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84869382912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2141     Document Type: Article

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