Graphene nanoribbons with zigzag and armchair edges prepared by scanning tunneling microscope lithography on gold substrates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 291, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-52

  Nemes Incze, P ^a,b   Tapasztó, Levente ^a,b   Magda, G Zs ^a,b   Osvath Z ^a,b   Dobrik, G ^a,b   Jin, X ^b,c   Hwang, C ^b,c   Biro L P ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^b Korean Hungarian Joint Laboratory for Nanosciences   (Hungary)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene; Lithography; Nanoribbon

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GRAPHENE; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; EDGE ORIENTATIONS; GOLD SUBSTRATES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; NANOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; NANORIBBON; SINGLE LAYER; TOP LAYERS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84891828618     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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