Giant Rashba splitting in graphene due to hybridization with gold

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Marchenko, D ^a   Varykhalov, A ^a   Scholz, M R ^a   Bihlmayer, G ^b   Rashba, E I ^c   Rybkin, A ^d   Shikin, A M ^d   Rader, O ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GRAPHENE; NICKEL;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLD; GRAPHITE; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; GIANT RASHBA SPLITTING; HYBRIDIZATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84870837633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2227     Document Type: Article

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