Self-organized graphene crystal patterns

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Bin ^a   Geng, Dechao ^a   Xu, Zhiping ^b   Guo, Yunlong ^a   Huang, Liping ^a   Xue, Yunzhou ^a   Chen, Jianyi ^a   Yu, Gui ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Crystal growth; Graphene pattern; Snowflakes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; CONTINUOUS MODULATION; DIFFUSION PROCESS; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH; NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SNOWFLAKES; SYMMETRIC PATTERNS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; GRAPHENE; SNOW; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84878823161     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.68     Document Type: Article

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