Hydrogen-free graphene edges

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  He, Kuang ^a   Lee, Gun Do ^b   Robertson, Alex W ^a   Yoon, Euijoon ^b   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN;

ALKENE; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON BEAM; HYDROGEN BOND; MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

EID: 84892606426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4040     Document Type: Article

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