Precisely aligned graphene grown on hexagonal boron nitride by catalyst free chemical vapor deposition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tang, Shujie ^a   Wang, Haomin ^a   Zhang, Yu ^b   Li, Ang ^a   Xie, Hong ^a   Liu, Xiaoyu ^a   Liu, Lianqing ^b   Li, Tianxin ^c   Huang, Fuqiang ^d   Xie, Xiaoming ^a   Jiang, Mianheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

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EID: 84884258041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02666     Document Type: Article

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