Direct visualization of reversible dynamics in a Si6 cluster embedded in a graphene pore

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lee, Jaekwang ^a,b   Zhou, Wu ^a   Pennycook, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Idrobo, Juan Carlos ^a   Pantelides, Sokrates T ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; SILICON;

ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; SILICON; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON BEAM; OSCILLATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84877762843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2671     Document Type: Article

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