Self-limiting chemical vapor deposition growth of monolayer graphene from ethanol

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10755-10763

  Zhao, Pei ^a   Kumamoto, Akihito ^a   Kim, Sungjin ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a   Hou, Bo ^a   Chiashi, Shohei ^a   Einarsson, Erik ^a   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^a   Maruyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUXES; COPPER SURFACE; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; ELECTROPLATED COPPER; GRAPHENE SHEETS; HIGH-INDEX FACETS; SELF-LIMITING GROWTHS; SELF-LIMITING PROCESS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; ETHANOL; METHANE; MONOLAYERS; VAPORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84878162967     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400996s     Document Type: Article

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