Evidence for graphite-like hexagonal AlN nanosheets epitaxially grown on single crystal Ag(111)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Tsipas, P ^a   Kassavetis, S ^a   Tsoutsou, D ^a   Xenogiannopoulou, E ^a   Golias, E ^a   Giamini, S A ^a   Grazianetti, C ^b,c   Chiappe, D ^b   Molle, A ^b   Fanciulli, M ^b,c   Dimoulas, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b LABORATORIO MDM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG(111); BULK-LIKE; EPITAXIALLY GROWN; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; PLASMA ASSISTED MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; REDUCED ENERGY; ULTRA-THIN; WURTZITES;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAPHITE; MONOLAYERS; NANOSHEETS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84891405735     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4851239     Document Type: Article

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