Inverse pseudo Hall-Petch relation in polycrystalline graphene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sha, Z D ^a   Quek, S S ^b   Pei, Q X ^b   Liu, Z S ^a   Wang, T J ^a   Shenoy, V B ^c   Zhang, Y W ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84905837161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05991     Document Type: Article

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