Improved photoresponse with enhanced photoelectric contribution in fully suspended graphene photodetectors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Patil, Vikram ^a   Capone, Aaron ^b   Strauf, Stefan ^b   Yang, Eui Hyeok ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 84885137597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02791     Document Type: Article

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