Large-scale and patternable graphene: Direct transformation of amorphous carbon film into graphene/graphite on insulators via Cu mediation engineering and its application to all-carbon based devices

Nanoscale

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1678-1687

  Chen, Yu Ze ^a   Medina, Henry ^a   Lin, Hung Chiao ^a   Tsai, Hung Wei ^a   Su, Teng Yu ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

ALTERNATIVE SYNTHESIS; AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GRAPHENE ON INSULATORS; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84921712976     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr04627g     Document Type: Article

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