Hydrogenation of the buffer-layer graphene on 6H-SiC (0001): A possible route for the engineering of graphene-based devices

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 839-850

  Lin, Yu Pu ^a   Ksari, Younal ^a   Themlin, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

electronic structure; graphene; hydrogenation; photoemission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925483958     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0566-0     Document Type: Article

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