Fracture Characteristics of Monolayer CVD-Graphene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hwangbo, Yun ^a   Lee, Choong Kwang ^b   Kim, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a,c   Kim, Kwang Seop ^a   Jang, Bongkyun ^a   Lee, Hak Joo ^a   Lee, Seoung Ki ^d   Kim, Seong Su ^b   Ahn, Jong Hyun ^d   Lee, Seung Mo ^a,c  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84905656877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04439     Document Type: Article

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