Crystallographic characterization and control of domain structure within individual graphene islands

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4286-4293

  Hayashi, Kenjiro ^a   Yamada, Ayaka ^a   Sato, Shintaro ^a   Yokoyama, Naoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETCHING; METAL CLADDING;

ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN ETCHING; ISLAND FORMATION; MULTIPLE DOMAINS; NUCLEATION STAGES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923973051     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508575e     Document Type: Article

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