Using the graphene moiré pattern for the trapping of C 60 and homoepitaxy of graphene

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 944-950

  Lu, Jiong ^a,b   Yeo, Pei Shan Emmeline ^a,c   Zheng, Yi ^a,b   Yang, Zhiyong ^a   Bao, Qiaoliang ^a   Gan, Chee Kwan ^c   Loh, Kian Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C 60 molecular array; graphene Moir template; homoepitaxy of graphene; molecular assemblies; potential well

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION POTENTIAL; DENDRITIC GROWTH; DIFFUSION LIMITED; HARD SPHERES; HOMOEPITAXY; ISOTROPIC GROWTH; LAYERED GROWTH; MOLECULAR ARRAYS; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR ROTATIONS; MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; POTENTIAL WELLS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMOOTH SURFACE; SOLID CARBON SOURCES; STRONG BINDING; VALLEY SITES;

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; CARBON FILMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; SPHERES; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

GRAPHENE;

FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FULLERENES; GRAPHITE; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84856140167     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204536e     Document Type: Article

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