Intact dirac cones at broken sublattice symmetry: Photoemission study of graphene on Ni and Co

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Varykhalov, A ^a   Marchenko, D ^a   Sanchez Barriga J ^a   Scholz, M R ^a   Verberck, B ^b   Trauzettel, B ^c   Wehling, T O ^d   Carbone, C ^e   Rader, O ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Graphene

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; DIRAC ENERGIES; EFFECTIVE MASS; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; MASSLESS DIRAC FERMIONS; SUBLATTICE SYMMETRY; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; ENERGY GAP; NICKEL; PHOTOEMISSION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84876969050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041017     Document Type: Article

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