Visualizing copper assisted graphene growth in nanoscale

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rosmi, Mohamad Saufi ^a   Yusop, Mohd Zamri ^a,b   Kalita, Golap ^a   Yaakob, Yazid ^a   Takahashi, Chisato ^a   Tanemura, Masaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84947998246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07563     Document Type: Article

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