Silicene on substrates: A way to preserve or tune its electronic properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10353-10359

  Liu, Hongsheng ^a   Gao, Junfeng ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRAC CONES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); HEXAGONAL LATTICE; INTERACTION ENERGIES; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

BORON NITRIDE; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; HYDROGENATION; MICROELECTRONICS; MONOLAYERS; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84878121257     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp311836m     Document Type: Article

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