Stability and dynamics of the tetravacancy in graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1634-1642

  Robertson, Alex W ^a   Lee, Gun Do ^b   He, Kuang ^a   Yoon, Euijoon ^b   Kirkland, Angus I ^a   Warner, Jamie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ACTEM; defects; DFT; electron microscopy; Graphene; HRTEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ACTEM; DFT; ENERGY CONFIGURATIONS; HRTEM; LOCAL ENERGY MINIMA; STONE-WALES BOND ROTATION; TIGHT BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84896368146     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl500119p     Document Type: Article

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