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Week of December 12, 2010
"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 40
times in current journal articles indexed by Clarivate
during July-August 2010. Only one other chemistry paper published in the
last two years, aside from reviews, attracted a higher citation total
during that two-month period. It is one of six reports on graphene that
currently occupy the top rungs of chemistry’s ten most-cited papers.
Prior to the most recent bimonthly count, citations to the paper have accrued as follows:
March-April 2010: 34 citations
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: 205
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