Structural and electronic properties of graphene nanoflakes on Au(111) and Ag(111)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tesch, Julia ^a   Leicht, Philipp ^a   Blumenschein, Felix ^a   Gragnaniello, Luca ^a   Fonin, Mikhail ^a   Marsoner Steinkasserer, Lukas Eugen ^b   Paulus, Beate ^b   Voloshina, Elena ^b   Dedkov, Yuriy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84961566797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep23439     Document Type: Article

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