Realistic metal-graphene contact structures

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 642-649

  Gong, Cheng ^a   McDonnell, Stephen ^a   Qin, Xiaoye ^a   Azcatl, Angelica ^a   Dong, Hong ^a   Chabal, Yves J ^a   Cho, Kyeongjae ^a   Wallace, Robert M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

carbide; end contact; graphene; interface reaction; metal; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBIDE FORMATION; CONTACT STRUCTURE; END-CONTACT; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; INTERFACE REACTIONS; SITU X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; WETTING OF METALS;

CARBIDES; GRAPHENE; PALLADIUM; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

METALS;

EID: 84893451354     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405249n     Document Type: Article

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