Defect enhanced efficient physical functionalization of graphene with gold nanoparticles probed by resonance Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13833-13843

  Biroju, Ravi K ^a   Giri, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEFECT DENSITY; DEFECTS; DEPOSITION; GOLD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC DEVICES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEFECT ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; INTEGRATED INTENSITIES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; POSITION DEPENDENTS; RAMAN SPECTRAL LINES; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRONG INTERACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84908026393     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500501e     Document Type: Article

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