Measurement of the intrinsic strength of crystalline and polycrystalline graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rasool, Haider I ^a,b,c   Ophus, Colin ^b   Klug, William S ^c   Zettl, A ^a,b   Gimzewski, James K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics MANA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; GRAPHENE; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRENGTH; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84888191550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3811     Document Type: Article

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