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Studies on the properties of surface and edges of N-layer graphenes

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Graphene, a new two-dimensional carbon material, is a rising star of physics, chemistry and materials science. In this work, we report the recent experimental researches on the Raman spectra and the temperature-dependent features of graphenes and carbon nanoscrolls, which are evolved from graphene and have an open tubular structure. The layer-dependent Raman enhancing characteristics of n-layer graphenes for crystal violet, and the thickness-dependent morphologies of gold on n-layer graphenes are also systematically investigated. Meanwhile, the aggregations of ferromagnetic and paramagnetic atoms at edges of graphenes and graphite are observed and the mechanisms are discussed.

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Article Open access 09 February 2016

Md. Sajibul Alam Bhuyan, Md. Nizam Uddin, … Sayed Shafayat Hossain

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    MinJiang Chen, HaiQing Zhou, CaiYu Qiu, HuaiChao Yang, Fang Yu & LianFeng Sun

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    MinJiang Chen, HaiQing Zhou & CaiYu Qiu

  3. Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

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Chen, M., Zhou, H., Qiu, C. et al. Studies on the properties of surface and edges of N-layer graphenes. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 54, 1729 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-011-4483-x

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