Direct experimental observation of stacking fault scattering in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite meso-structures

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Koren, E ^a   Knoll, A W ^a   Lortscher E ^a   Duerig, U ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE;

CRYSTAL PROPERTY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 84922663233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6837     Document Type: Article

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