Electronic structures of an epitaxial graphene monolayer on SiC(0001) after metal intercalation (metal = Al, Ag, Au, Pt, and Pd): A first-principles study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Chia Hsiu ^a   Lin, Wen Huan ^a   Ozolins, Vidvuds ^b   Chuang, Feng Chuan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GRAPHITE LAYERS; K POINTS; METAL LAYER; N-TYPE DOPING; SPIN-ORBIT SPLITTINGS;

ALUMINUM; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; METALS; MONOLAYERS; PLATINUM; SILICON CARBIDE;

PALLADIUM;

EID: 84857226044     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3682303     Document Type: Article

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