Camara et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011, 6:141 http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/141 Abbreviations AFM: atomic force microscopy; EG: epitaxial graphene; HWHM: half-width at half-maximum; QHE: quantum Hall effect; SEM: scanning electron microscopy; SdH: Shubnikov-de Haas; SLEG: single-layer epitaxial graphene. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the French ANR ("GraphSiC” Project No. ANR- 07-BLAN-0161). We acknowledge the EC for partial support through the RTN ManSiC Project, and the Spanish Government through a grant Juan de la Cierva. Author details 1Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, UMR 5221 CNRS-UM2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France 2CNM-IMB-CSIC - Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain Authors’ contributions NC and AC carried out the Graphene growth, the Hall Bars fabrication, the AFM, SEM and Raman characterisation. AT carried out the Raman investigation and interpretation. 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