Molecular adsorbates as probes of the local properties of doped graphene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Pham, Van Dong ^a   Joucken, Frédéric ^b   Repain, Vincent ^a   Chacon, Cyril ^a   Bellec, Amandine ^a   Girard, Yann ^a   Rousset, Sylvie ^a   Sporken, Robert ^b   Dos Santos, Maria Cristina ^c   Lagoute, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84964577747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24796     Document Type: Article

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