Layer-dependent morphologies of silver on n-layer graphene

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Huang, Cheng wen ^a   Lin, Hsing Ying ^b   Huang, Chen Han ^b   Shiue, Ren Jye ^c   Wang, Wei Hua ^c   Liu, Chih Yi ^a   Chui, Hsiang Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion difference barriers; Graphene; Nanoparticle growth mechanisms

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; MECHANISMS OF FORMATION; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; NUMBER OF LAYERS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; SUSPENDED GRAPHENE; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84871031733     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-618     Document Type: Article

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