Graphene on Ru(0001): A corrugated and chiral structure

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Martoccia, D ^a   Bjorck M ^a,c   Schleputz C M ^a,d   Brugger, T ^b   Pauli, S A ^a   Patterson, B D ^a   Greber, T ^b   Willmott, P R ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX IV LABORATORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER; BULK STRUCTURE; CHIRAL STRUCTURES; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ELASTIC ENERGY; FOURIER; GRAPHENE LAYERS; INPLANE ROTATION; PEAK HEIGHT; RU(0001); SURFACE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SYMMETRY CONSTRAINTS;

GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS; RUTHENIUM; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 77951953567     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/4/043028     Document Type: Article

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