First-principles thermodynamics of graphene growth on Cu surfaces

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 17782-17787

  Zhang, Wenhua ^a   Wu, Ping ^a   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Yang, Jinlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; ATOMIC CARBON; CARBON ATOMS; CU SURFACES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GRAPHENE GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NUCLEATION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLE QUALITY; THERMODYNAMICS ANALYSIS;

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 80052562512     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2006827     Document Type: Article

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