Robust superlubricity in graphene/h-BN heterojunctions

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-120

  Leven, Itai ^a   Krepel, Dana ^a   Shemesh, Ortal ^a   Hod, Oded ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LANDSCAPE; LAYERED INTERFACES; LOW-FRICTION STATE; MATCHING LATTICE; SUPERLUBRICITY;

BORON NITRIDE; GRAPHENE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84872191800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301758c     Document Type: Article

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