Large band gap opening between graphene Dirac cones induced by Na adsorption onto an Ir superlattice

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 199-204

  Papagno, Marco ^a   Rusponi, Stefano ^b   Sheverdyaeva, Polina Makarovna ^a   Vlaic, Sergio ^b   Etzkorn, Markus ^b   Pacilé, Daniela ^a,c   Moras, Paolo ^a   Carbone, Carlo ^a   Brune, Harald ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

grapheme; Ir superlattice; Na absorption; photoemission; STM

Indexed keywords

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE MIGRATION; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GRAPHEME; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GROUP VELOCITIES; IR(111); LARGE BAND; NEUTRALITY POINT; SATURATION COVERAGE; SODIUM ATOM; STM;

ADSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GERMANIUM; GRAPHENE; IRIDIUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOEMISSION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERLATTICES;

SODIUM;

GRAPHITE; IRIDIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SODIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; IRIDIUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SODIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856162640     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203841q     Document Type: Article

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