Mechanism of thin layers graphite formation by 13C implantation and annealing

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-194

  Gutierrez, Gaelle ^a   Le Normand, François ^a   Aweke, Fitsum ^a   Muller, Dominique ^a   Speisser, Claude ^a   Antoni, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

13C isotope; Carbon; Graphene; Nickel; Nuclear reaction analysis; Nucleation; Raman imaging; Raman spectroscopy; Thin layers graphite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925446915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app4020180     Document Type: Article

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