Elementary process for CVD graphene on Cu(110): Size-selective carbon clusters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Jialin ^a   Wang, Zhunzhun ^b   Niu, Tianchao ^a   Wang, Shengnan ^b   Li, Zhenyu ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84898857581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04431     Document Type: Article

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