Large-scale solution synthesis of narrow graphene nanoribbons

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vo, Timothy H ^a   Shekhirev, Mikhail ^a   Kunkel, Donna A ^a   Morton, Martha D ^a   Berglund, Eric ^a   Kong, Lingmei ^a   Wilson, Peter M ^a   Dowben, Peter A ^a   Enders, Axel ^a   Sinitskii, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANORIBBON;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SILICON; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84896952440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4189     Document Type: Article

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