Site- and alignment-controlled growth of graphene nanoribbons from nickel nanobars

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 651-656

  Kato, Toshiaki ^a   Hatakeyama, Rikizo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; NANORIBBONS; NICKEL; PLASMA CVD; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; YARN;

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COMPLEX ARCHITECTURES; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; ON/OFF CURRENT RATIO; SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS; SILICON TECHNOLOGIES; SOURCE AND DRAIN ELECTRODES;

GRAPHENE;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; NANORIBBON; NICKEL; NICKEL NANOBAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODE; HEATING; MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870925176     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.145     Document Type: Article

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