Visualization of arrangements of carbon atoms in graphene layers by Raman mapping and atomic-resolution TEM

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cong, Chunxiao ^a   Li, Kun ^b   Zhang, Xi Xiang ^b   Yu, Ting ^a,c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARBON; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873660254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01195     Document Type: Article

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