The successful exfoliation of graphene has given a tremendous boost to research on various
two-dimensional (2D) materials in the last 15 years. Different from traditional thin films, a 2D …

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is a powerful technology for producing high-quality solid
thin films and coatings. Although widely used in modern industries, it is continuously being …

Graphene, a single atomic layer of sp2 hybridized carbon, exhibits a zero-band gap with
linear band dispersion at the Fermi-level, forming a Dirac-cone at the K-points of its Brillouin …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitrides (hBN), and
transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs, eg, MoS2) have attracted considerable attention in …

This communication examines the effect of the surface morphology of polycrystalline copper
on electroreduction of CO2. We find that a copper nanoparticle covered electrode shows …

Substrate-catalyzed growth offers a highly promising approach for the controlled synthesis of
carbon nanostructures. However, the growth mechanisms on dynamic catalytic surfaces and …

Graphene has become the focus of research recently due to its properties. Various methods
have been proposed for the synthesis of graphene, and chemical vapour deposition (CVD) …

Chemical vapor deposition of graphene on Cu often employs polycrystalline Cu substrates
with diverse facets, grain boundaries (GBs), annealing twins, and rough sites. Using …

A detailed review of the literature for the last 5–10 years on epitaxial growth of graphene is
presented. Both experimental and theoretical aspects related to growth on transition metals …

Grain boundaries in graphene are formed by the joining of islands during the initial growth
stage, and these boundaries govern transport properties and related device performance …