Towards the perfect graphene membrane? - Improvement and limits during formation of high quality graphene grown on Cu-foils

Carbon

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 377-390

  Kraus, Jürgen ^a   Böcklein, Sebastian ^b   Reichelt, Robert ^a   Günther, Sebastian ^a   Santos, Benito ^c   Menteş, Tevfik O ^c   Locatelli, Andrea ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN PRETREATMENT; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SUSPENDED MEMBRANES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; METAL CLADDING; METHANE; MORPHOLOGY; STAIRS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883599532     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.07.090     Document Type: Article

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