The mechanism of caesium intercalation of graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Petrovic M ^a   Srut Rakic I ^a   Runte, S ^b   Busse, C ^b   Sadowski, J T ^c   Lazic P ^d   Pletikosic I ^a   Pan, Z H ^e   Milun, M ^a   Pervan, P ^a   Atodiresei, N ^f   Brako, R ^d   Sokcevic D ^d   Valla, T ^e   Michely, T ^b   Kralj, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Institut RuXer Boskovic   (Croatia)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CESIUM; GRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL;

ALKENE; CESIUM; CONDUCTIVITY; DIFFUSION; IRON; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COOLING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; DIFFRACTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84887676745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3772     Document Type: Article

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