Anisotropic graphene growth accompanied by step bunching on a dynamic copper surface

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hayashi, Kenjiro ^a   Sato, Shintaro ^a   Yokoyama, Naoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER SURFACE; CU ATOMS; CU FILMS; CU SURFACES; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GROWTH SITES; INITIAL STAGES; LOW PRESSURES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANORIBBONS; NUCLEATION SITES; PINNING SITES; SELECTIVE GROWTH; STEP BUNCHING; STEP MOTIONS; SURFACE STEPS;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; EVAPORATION; NUCLEATION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

GRAPHENE;

COPPER; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; GASES; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84871030604     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/2/025603     Document Type: Article

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