A growth mechanism for free-standing vertical graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3064-3071

  Zhao, Jiong ^a,b   Shaygan, Mehrdad ^c   Eckert, Jürgen ^a,d   Meyyappan, M ^e   Rümmeli, Mark H ^b  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d CENTER FOR ADVANCING ELECTRONICS DRESDEN CFAED   (Germany)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

edge closure; nucleation; step flow; Vertical graphene

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; NUCLEATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONTINUUM MODELING; EDGE CLOSURE; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GROWTH MECHANISMS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; MOVING BOUNDARIES; STEP-FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84902272998     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501039c     Document Type: Article

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