Anomalous moiré pattern of graphene investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy: Evidence of graphene growth on oxidized Cu(111)

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Reckinger, Nicolas ^a   Van Hooijdonk, Eloise ^a   Joucken, Frédéric ^a   Tyurnina, Anastasia V ^a   Lucas, Stéphane ^a   Colomer, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure; chemical vapor deposition; copper oxidation; Cu(111); graphene; microscopy; scanning tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892487224     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0382-y     Document Type: Article

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