Templating of arrays of Ru nanoclusters by monolayer graphene/Ru Moirés with different periodicities

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 31, 2012, Pages

  Sutter, Eli ^a   Wang, Bin ^b   Albrecht, Peter ^a   Lahiri, Jayeeta ^a   Bocquet, Marie Laure ^b   Sutter, Peter ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; DENSITY OF STATE; METAL ADATOMS; METAL ATOMS; METAL CLUSTER; NANOCLUSTER ARRAYS; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION; SINGLE SITES; SITE SELECTIVITY; SMALL CLUSTERS; TEMPLATING;

ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 84864239601     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/31/314201     Document Type: Article

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