Growth of epitaxial graphene: Theory and experiment

Physics Reports

Volumn 542, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-295

  Tetlow, H ^a   Posthuma de Boer, J ^b   Ford, I J ^e   Vvedensky, D D ^b   Coraux, J ^c,d   Kantorovich, L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84924334055     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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