Growth Dynamics of Single-Layer Graphene on Epitaxial Cu Surfaces

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 5377-5385

  Ago, Hiroki ^a,b   Ohta, Yujiro ^a   Hibino, Hiroki ^c,d   Yoshimura, Daisuke ^e   Takizawa, Rina ^a   Uchida, Yuki ^a   Tsuji, Masaharu ^a   Okajima, Toshihiro ^e   Mitani, Hisashi ^f   Mizuno, Seigi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^d KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; DYNAMICS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; ROTATION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); LARGE-AREA GRAPHENE; LOWER TEMPERATURES; ORDERED STRUCTURES; STABLE CONFIGURATION; STRUCTURAL CONVERSION; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; VERSATILE METHODS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84939173837     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b01871     Document Type: Article

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