Selective metal deposition at graphene line defects by atomic layer deposition

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Kwanpyo ^a,b   Lee, Han Bo Ram ^a,c   Johnson, Richard W ^a   Tanskanen, Jukka T ^a,d   Liu, Nan ^a   Kim, Myung Gil ^a,e   Pang, Changhyun ^a,f   Ahn, Chiyui ^a   Bent, Stacey F ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; METAL; NANOWIRE;

CARBON; DEFECT; DEPOSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84907358873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5781     Document Type: Article

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