Graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kravets, V G ^a   Jalil, R ^a   Kim, Y J ^a,b   Ansell, D ^a   Aznakayeva, D E ^a   Thackray, B ^a   Britnell, L ^a   Belle, B D ^a   Withers, F ^a   Radko, I P ^c   Han, Z ^c   Bozhevolnyi, S I ^c   Novoselov, K S ^a   Geim, A K ^a   Grigorenko, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84903689102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05517     Document Type: Article

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