Growth of Continuous Monolayer Graphene with Millimeter-sized Domains Using Industrially Safe Conditions

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wu, Xingyi ^a   Zhong, Guofang ^a   D'Arsié, Lorenzo ^a   Sugime, Hisashi ^a   Esconjauregui, Santiago ^a   Robertson, Alex W ^b   Robertson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84958576257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21152     Document Type: Article

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