Development of an ultra-thin film comprised of a graphene membrane and carbon nanotube vein support

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lin, Xiaoyang ^a,b   Liu, Peng ^a,b   Wei, Yang ^a,b   Li, Qunqing ^a,b   Wang, Jiaping ^a,b   Wu, Yang ^a,b   Feng, Chen ^a,b   Zhang, Lina ^a,b   Fan, Shoushan ^a,b   Jiang, Kaili ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FILM; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; FILM; HYBRID; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM; VAPOR; VEIN;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; GRAPHITE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 84890919748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3920     Document Type: Article

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