Self-assembly of graphene ribbons by spontaneous self-tearing and peeling from a substrate

Nature

Volumn 535, Issue 7611, 2016, Pages 271-275

  Annett, James ^a   Cross, Graham L W ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; NANORIBBON;

CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MECHANICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY; FORCE; HEATING; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIGIDITY; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84978763782     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18304     Document Type: Article

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