Polycrystalline graphene and other two-dimensional materials

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 755-767

  Yazyev, Oleg V ^a   Chen, Yong P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; TRANSITION METALS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; LARGE-AREA GRAPHENE; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84910116082     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.166     Document Type: Review

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