Structure, energetic and tribological properties, and possible applications in nanoelectromechanical systems of argon-separated double-layer graphene

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11428-11435

  Popov, Andrey M ^a   Lebedeva, Irina V ^b   Knizhnik, Andrey A ^b,c   Lozovik, Yurii E ^a,d   Potapkin, Boris V ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

^b KINTECH LAB LTD   (Russian Federation)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC SPACERS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; META-STABLE STATE; OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES; RELATIVE MOTION; STATIC FRICTION; TRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS; NEMS; STICTION; TRIBOLOGY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ARGON;

EID: 84878355890     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402765p     Document Type: Article

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