Atomically perfect torn graphene edges and their reversible reconstruction

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kim, Kwanpyo ^a,c   Coh, Sinisa ^a   Kisielowski, C ^b   Crommie, M F ^a   Louie, Steven G ^a   Cohen, Marvin L ^a   Zettl, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

EID: 84887274408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3723     Document Type: Article

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