Edge-edge interactions in stacked graphene nanoplatelets

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2834-2841

  Cruz Silva, Eduardo ^a,b   Jia, Xiaoting ^c   Terrones, Humberto ^d   Sumpter, Bobby G ^e   Terrones, Mauricio ^d,f   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^c   Meunier, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

density functional theory; diffusion; graphene edges; graphene nanoplatelets; stacking

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE EDGES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; GRAPHENE PLATELETS; INTERPLANE INTERACTIONS; LOCAL INTERACTIONS; STACKING; STACKING CONFIGURATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PLATELETS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875658293     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4004204     Document Type: Article

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