Molecular dynamics study of the dewetting of copper on graphite and graphene: Implications for nanoscale self-assembly

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Fuentes Cabrera, Miguel ^a   Rhodes, Bradley H ^b   Fowlkes, Jason D ^a   López Benzanilla, Alejandro ^a   Terrones, Humberto ^a   Simpson, Michael L ^a,c   Rack, Philip D ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CU NANOWIRES; DE-WETTING; EJECTION VELOCITY; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GRAPHITIC SUBSTRATES; INTERFACE POTENTIALS; L-J POTENTIAL; LENNARD JONES; LIQUID PHASE; MD SIMULATION; MELTING THRESHOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO SCALE; NANO-DROPLETS; SELF-ASSEMBLE;

CONTACT ANGLE; GLASS LASERS; GOLD COATINGS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; VELOCITY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 79961059944     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.041603     Document Type: Article

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