Direct transformation of amorphous silicon carbide into graphene under low temperature and ambient pressure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Peng, Tao ^a   Lv, Haifeng ^a   He, Daping ^a   Pan, Mu ^a   Mu, Shichun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84873106261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01148     Document Type: Article

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