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13 - Controlled Growth of Graphene Crystals by Chemical Vapor Deposition: From Solid Metals to Liquid Metals

from Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2017

By
Dechao Geng  and
Kian Ping Loh
Edited by
Phaedon Avouris ,
Tony F. Heinz  and
Tony Low
Phaedon Avouris
Affiliation:
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York
Tony F. Heinz
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Tony Low
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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