Graphene on Ni(111): Coexistence of different surface structures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 759-764

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Kozlov, Sergey M ^a   Höfert, Oliver ^a   Gotterbarm, Karin ^a   Lorenz, Michael P A ^a   Viñes, Francesc ^a   Papp, Christian ^a   Görling, Andreas ^a   Steinrück, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; CORE LEVEL SHIFTS; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; FCC STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-LINE; PINNING SITES; RELATIVE FRACTION; XPS;

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79953797888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200043p     Document Type: Article

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