EELS study of the epitaxial graphene/Ni(1 1 1) and graphene/Au/Ni(1 1 1) systems

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 183-191

  Generalov, A V ^a,b,c   Dedkov, Yu S ^a,b  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE LAYERS; INTERCALATED GRAPHITE; PARABOLIC DISPERSION; PLASMON EXCITATIONS; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; PLASMONS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80053614247     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.08.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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