Graphene growth and stability at nickel surfaces

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lahiri, Jayeeta ^a   Miller, Travis S ^a   Ross, Andrew J ^a   Adamska, Lyudmyla ^a   Oleynik, Ivan I ^a   Batzill, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GRAPHENE GROWTH; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GROWTH REGIME; LOW PRESSURES; NI SUBSTRATES; NICKEL SURFACES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SINGLE LAYER; SURFACE CARBIDES; SURFACE LAYERS; WORK OF ADHESION;

ADHESION; CARBIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ETHYLENE; NICKEL DEPOSITS; NUCLEATION; SUBSTRATES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 79952272078     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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