Structural and electronic properties of the graphene/Al/Ni(111) intercalation system

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Voloshina, E N ^a   Generalov, A ^b,c   Weser, M ^b   Bottcher S ^b   Horn, K ^b   Dedkov, Yu S ^b,c,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d SPECS SURFACE NANO ANALYSIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FERROMAGNETIC SUBSTRATE; GRAPHENE LAYERS; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; SINGLE LAYER; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 83655192159     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/11/113028     Document Type: Article

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