Molecular adsorption induces the transformation of rhombohedral- to Bernal-stacking order in trilayer graphene

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Wenjing ^a   Yan, Jiaxu ^b   Chen, Chang Hsiao ^a   Lei, Liu ^c   Kuo, Jer Lai ^a   Shen, Zexiang ^b   Li, Lain Jong ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; TRIAZINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPOR;

EID: 84889570924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3074     Document Type: Article

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