Low-energy termination of graphene edges via the formation of narrow nanotubes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ivanovskaya, Viktoria V ^a,b   Zobelli, Alberto ^c   Wagner, Philipp ^a   Heggie, Malcolm I ^d   Briddon, Patrick R ^e   Rayson, Mark J ^f   Ewels, Chris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; DENSITY OF STATE; EDGE STRUCTURES; EDGE TERMINATION; FORMATION ENERGIES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; LOW ENERGIES; METALLIC CONDUCTION; TUBE SIZE; VAN HOVE SINGULARITIES; ZIGZAG EDGES;

HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 80051492618     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.065502     Document Type: Article

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