Anomalous interface adhesion of graphene membranes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  He, Y ^a   Chen, W F ^a   Yu, W B ^a   Ouyang, G ^a   Yang, G W ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84884218230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02660     Document Type: Article

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