Motion of light adatoms and molecules on the surface of few-layer graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 9428-9441

  Schäffel, Franziska ^a   Wilson, Mark ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamic behavior of molecules; few layer graphene; low voltage transmission electron microscopy; molecular dynamics computer simulation; TEM simulation

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED MOLECULES; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENERGY SCALE; ISOLATED MOLECULES; LOW-VOLTAGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RESIDUAL SOLVENTS; TEM IMAGES; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

ADATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84555169095     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2036494     Document Type: Article

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