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Nature Materials 8, 171 - 172 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nmat2392

Epitaxial graphene: How silicon leaves the scene

Peter Sutter1

  1. Peter Sutter is at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA.
    e-mail: psutter@bnl.gov


Large and homogeneous layers of graphene are obtained by annealing silicon carbide in a dense noble gas atmosphere that controls the way in which silicon sublimates. Epitaxial graphene thus gets back on track towards future electronic applications.

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