Temperature-driven reversible rippling and bonding of a graphene superlattice

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6955-6963

  Locatelli, Andrea ^a   Wang, Chun ^b   Africh, Cristina ^c   Stojić, Nataša ^b,c   Menteş, Tevfik Onur ^a   Comelli, Giovanni ^a,c,d   Binggeli, Nadia ^b,c  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ab initio; buckled; electronic structure; flat; graphene; Ir(100); LEEM; rippling; STM; XPEEM

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; BUCKLED; FLAT; LEEM; RIPPLING; STM; XPEEM;

CHEMISORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRIDIUM; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883258648     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402178u     Document Type: Article

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