Evolution of the Raman spectrum of graphene grown on copper upon oxidation of the substrate

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1613-1622

  Yin, Xiuli ^a   Li, Yilei ^c   Ke, Fen ^a   Lin, Chenfang ^a   Zhao, Huabo ^a   Gan, Lin ^d   Luo, Zhengtang ^d   Zhao, Ruguang ^a   Heinz, Tony F ^c   Hu, Zonghai ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center for Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

AFM; graphene; light coupling; Raman spectroscopy; STM; STS; tensile strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911360404     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0521-0     Document Type: Article

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