Carrier type inversion in quasi-free standing graphene: Studies of local electronic and structural properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Melios, Christos ^a,b   Panchal, Vishal ^a   Giusca, Cristina E ^a   Strupiński, Włodek ^c   Silva, S Ravi P ^b   Kazakova, Olga ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c ukasiewicz Research Network Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics   (Poland)

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EID: 84934873767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10505     Document Type: Article

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