Square-Shaped, Single-Crystal, Monolayer graphene domains by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-76

  Dai, Gui Ping ^a   Wu, Marvin H ^a   Taylor, Darlene K ^a   Vinodgopal, K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Graphene; Low Pressure CVD; Square Shaped Domain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987970071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.772078     Document Type: Article

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