Raman scattering study of the phonon dispersion in twisted bilayer graphene

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-274

  Campos Delgado, Jessica ^a   Cançado, Luiz G ^b   Achete, Carlos A ^c   Jorio, Ado ^b   Raskin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

phonon branches; Raman spectroscopy; twisted bilayer graphene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876072655     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0304-z     Document Type: Article

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