Electronic and plasmonic phenomena at graphene grain boundaries

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 821-825

  Fei, Z ^a   Rodin, A S ^b   Gannett, W ^c,d   Dai, S ^a   Regan, W ^c,d   Wagner, M ^a   Liu, M K ^a   McLeod, A S ^a   Dominguez, G ^a,e   Thiemens, M ^a   Castro Neto, Antonio H ^b,f   Keilmann, F ^g   Zettl, A ^c,d   Hillenbrand, R ^h,i   Fogler, M M ^a   Basov, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

ⁱ BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC SCREENING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; INDIVIDUAL GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; FILM; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETRY; NANOIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING PLASMON INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 84888317010     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.197     Document Type: Article

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