Atomic scale identification of coexisting graphene structures on Ni(111)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 467-473

  Bianchini, Federico ^a,d   Patera, Laerte L ^a,b   Peressi, Maria ^a,b,c   Africh, Cristina ^b   Comelli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^c Sincrotrone Trieste ^*  (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atomic structure; density functional theory (DFT); graphene; Ni; scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; ATOMISTIC MODELS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; HEXAGONAL RINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-PLANE DISTORTIONS; STABLE STRUCTURES;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NICKEL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84893837245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402609d     Document Type: Article

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