Growth, Quantitative Growth Analysis, and Applications of Graphene on γ-Al2O3 catalysts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Park, Jaehyun ^a   Lee, Joohwi ^a   Choi, Jung Hae ^a   Hwang, Do Kyung ^a   Song, Yong Won ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84936803921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11839     Document Type: Article

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