Epitaxial growth of graphene thin films on single crystal metal surfaces

Thin Film Growth: Physics, Materials Science and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 228-255

  Coraux, J ^a   N'Diaye, A T ^b   Busse, C ^b   Michely, T ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical vapour deposition; Defects; Edges; Graphene; Growth processes; Metals; Multilayer; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903494072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-736-5.50010-4     Document Type: Chapter

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