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Week of March 6, 2011
"Large area, few-layer graphene films on arbitrary substrates by chemical vapor deposition," by Alfonso Reina and 7 others, Nano Letters, 9(1): 30-5, January 2009.
[Authors' affiliation: MIT, Cambridge, MA]
Abstract: "In this work we present a low cost and scalable technique, via ambient pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on polycrystalline Ni films, to fabricate large area (similar to cm(2)) films of single- to few-layer graphene and to transfer the films to nonspecific substrates. These films consist of regions of 1 to similar to 12 graphene layers. Single- or bilayer regions can be up to 20 mu m in lateral size. The films are continuous over the entire area and can be patterned lithographically or by prepatterning the underlying Ni film. The transparency, conductivity, and ambipolar transfer characteristics of the films suggest their potential as another materials candidate for electronics and opto-electronic applications."
This 2009 report from Nano Letters was cited 46 times in current journal articles indexed by Clarivate during November-December 2010. For the third consecutive bimonthly period, the paper registers as the second-most-cited chemistry paper published in the last two years, not counting reviews. Prior to the most recent two-month count, citations to the paper have accrued as follows:
September-October 2010: 38 citations
July-August 2010: 40
May-June 2010: 34
March-April 2010: 40
January-February 2010: 24
November-December 2009: 20
September-October 2009: 18
July-August 2009: 13
May-June 2009: 12
March-April 2009: 4
Total citations to date: 289
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