Strain-driven Moiré superstructures of epitaxial graphene on transition metal surfaces

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5627-5634

  Merino, Pablo ^b   Švec, Martin ^b   Pinardi, Anna L ^a   Otero, Gonzalo ^a   Martín Gago, José A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

epitaxial graphene; Moir ; STM; strain; superstructures

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ATOMIC LATTICE; DRIVING FORCES; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; MULTI DOMAINS; PT(111); STM; STM IMAGES; SUPERSTRUCTURES; TRANSITION METAL SURFACES; UNIT CELLS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PLATINUM; TRANSITION METALS;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; PLATINUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PLATINUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79961067408     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn201200j     Document Type: Conference Paper

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