Graphene on Ru(0001) moiré corrugation studied by scanning tunneling microscopy on Au/graphene/Ru(0001) heterostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 20675-20680

  Cortes R ^a   Acharya, D P ^a   Ciobanu, C V ^b   Sutter, E ^a   Sutter, P ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU ISLANDS; AU LAYERS; CORRUGATED SUBSTRATES; ELASTICITY THEORY; GOLD FILM; RU(0001);

ELASTICITY; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

GOLD;

EID: 84885589643     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406415h     Document Type: Article

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