Shedding light on the crystallographic etching of multi-layer graphene at the atomic scale
10.1007/s12274-009-9073-0
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Schäffel, F., Warner, J. H., Bachmatiuk, A., Rellinghaus, B., Büchner, B., Schultz, L., & Rümmeli, M. H. (2009). Shedding light on the crystallographic etching of multi-layer graphene at the atomic scale. Nano Research, 2(9), 695–705.

Authors 7
  1. Franziska Schäffel (first)
  2. Jamie H. Warner (additional)
  3. Alicja Bachmatiuk (additional)
  4. Bernd Rellinghaus (additional)
  5. Bernd Büchner (additional)
  6. Ludwig Schultz (additional)
  7. Mark H. Rümmeli (additional)
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