Giant enhancement in vertical conductivity of stacked CVD graphene sheets by self-assembled molecular layers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yanpeng ^a   Yuan, Li ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Li, Linjun ^a   Gao, Libo ^a   Nerngchamnong, Nisachol ^a   Nai, Chang Tai ^a,b   Suchand Sangeeth, C ^a   Feng, Yuan Ping ^a   Nijhuis, Christian A ^a   Loh, Kian Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR LAYER; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ELECTRODE; ESTER; FILM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; SURFACE TENSION; VAPOR;

EID: 84923363375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6461     Document Type: Article

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