Lattice-oriented catalytic growth of graphene nanoribbons on heteroepitaxial nickel films

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10825-10833

  Ago, Hiroki ^a   Tanaka, Izumi ^a   Ogawa, Yui ^a   Yunus, Rozan Mohamad ^a   Tsuji, Masaharu ^a   Hibino, Hiroki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

epitaxy; graphene; LEEM; nanoribbons; zigzag edges

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CONTROLLED ORIENTATION; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); LEEM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE FILMS; ZIGZAG EDGES;

ELECTRONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; ESTERS; FILM GROWTH; GRAPHENE; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NICKEL;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84891360176     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405122r     Document Type: Article

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