Direct imaging of monovacancy-hydrogen complexes in a single graphitic layer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Ziatdinov, Maxim ^a   Fujii, Shintaro ^a   Kusakabe, Koichi ^b   Kiguchi, Manabu ^a   Mori, Takehiko ^a   Enoki, Toshiaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84899734804     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.155405     Document Type: Article

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