Getting through the nature of silicene: An sp2-sp3 two-dimensional silicon nanosheet

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 16719-16724

  Cinquanta, Eugenio ^a   Scalise, Emilio ^b   Chiappe, Daniele ^a   Grazianetti, Carlo ^a,c   Van Den Broek, Bas ^b   Houssa, Michel ^b   Fanciulli, Marco ^a,c   Molle, Alessandro ^a  

^a LABORATORIO MDM   (Italy)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-D SYSTEMS; AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; SILICENE;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOSHEETS; SILICON;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84882395339     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405642g     Document Type: Article

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