Stability of BN/metal interfaces in gaseous atmosphere

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 227-237

  Yang, Yang ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Wei, Mingming ^a   Bluhm, Hendrik ^b   Bao, Xinhe ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP XPS; graphene; h BN; intercalation; PEEM; Ru(0001)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921370281     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0639-0     Document Type: Article

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