A 3D insight on the catalytic nanostructuration of few-layer graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Melinte, G ^a,b   Florea, I ^a,c   Moldovan, S ^a   Janowska, I ^b   Baaziz, W ^b   Arenal, R ^d,e   Wisnet, A ^f   Scheu, C ^f   Begin Colin, S ^a   Begin, D ^b   Pham Huu, C ^b   Ersen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^d Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

^e FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEW LAYER GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLE; NANORIBBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROGENATION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84902323913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5109     Document Type: Article

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