Realization of large-area wrinkle-free monolayer graphene films transferred to functional substrates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Park, Byeong Ju ^a   Choi, Jin Seok ^a,b   Kim, Hyun Suk ^a   Kim, Hyun You ^a   Jeong, Jong Ryul ^a   Choi, Hyung Jin ^a   Jung, Hyun June ^a   Jung, Min Wook ^c   An, Ki Seok ^c   Yoon, Soon Gil ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84930669115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09610     Document Type: Article

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