Nanoscale control of phonon excitations in graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kim, Hyo Won ^a   Ko, Wonhee ^a   Ku, Jiyeon ^a   Jeon, Insu ^a   Kim, Donggyu ^b   Kwon, Hyeokshin ^a   Oh, Youngtek ^a   Ryu, Seunghwa ^b   Kuk, Young ^c   Hwang, Sung Woo ^a   Suh, Hwansoo ^a  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

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

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICS; PROBE; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FERMION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHONON;

EID: 84932606203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8528     Document Type: Article

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