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Table 1. Resistance, Hall mobility and surface density of charge carriers for the series of
functionalized graphene materials under study.
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Hall mobility of the
charge carriers
Surface density
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carriers [cm
6.00E+14
1.18E+15
3.88E+14
2.54E+15
3.14E+15
4.32E+15
1.72E+15
1.03E+15
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B(G)
174
181
384
0.56
2.78
11.02
4.16
9.75
f-B(G) 1
f-B(G) 2
N(G)
f-N(G) 3a
f-N(G) 3b
f-N(G) 4a
f-N(G) 4b
0.02935
0.41862
4.38871
0.71690
0.13127
0.87181
0.62371
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts to declare.
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