Nucleation of graphene precursors on transition metal surfaces: Insights from theoretical simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 14858-14864

  Page, Alister J ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^c,d   Li, Hai Bei ^a   Irle, Stephan ^c   Morokuma, Keiji ^a,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH; CATALYST SURFACES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL SIMULATIONS; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; TRANSITION METAL SURFACES;

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NICKEL; NUCLEATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; VAPORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84880532945     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404326d     Document Type: Article

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