Orientation-sensitive nonlinear growth of graphene: An epitaxial growth mechanism determined by geometry

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Huijun ^a   Wu, Ping ^a   Hou, Zhonghuai ^a   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Yang, Jinlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84886804823     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.054304     Document Type: Article

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