Direct observation of graphene growth and associated copper substrate dynamics by in situ scanning electron microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1506-1519

  Wang, Zhu Jun ^a   Weinberg, Gisela ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a,e   Lunkenbein, Thomas ^a   Klein Hoffmann, Achim ^a   Kurnatowska, Michalina ^b   Plodinec, Milivoj ^c   Li, Qing ^d   Chi, Lifeng ^d   Schloegl, R ^a   Willinger, Marc Georg ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

catalysis; electron microscopy; graphene growth; in situ

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GRAPHENE GROWTH; NANOMETER-SCALE RESOLUTION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SITU SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE ANNEALING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923451478     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5059826     Document Type: Article

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