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Controlled Synthesis and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Graphene and Graphene-Based Heterostructures

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Graphene, a two-dimensional material consisted of sp2 hybridization carbon atoms, has fascinated much attention owing to its extraordinary electronic, optical, magnetic, thermal, and mechanical properties, such as high carrier mobility (~105 cm2 V−1 s−1), high Young’s modulus (~1.0 TPa), high thermal conductivity (~5000 W m−1 K−1) and optical transmittance (~97.7%).

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  1. Center for Nanochemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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Liu, M. (2018). Introduction. In: Controlled Synthesis and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Graphene and Graphene-Based Heterostructures. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5181-4_1

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