Mechanism of transition-metal nanoparticle catalytic graphene cutting

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1192-1197

  Ma, Liang ^a   Wang, Jinlan ^a   Yip, Joanne ^b   Ding, Feng ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; cutting; graphene; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; AB INITIO METHOD; ATOMIC LEVELS; CATALYST PARTICLES; DRIVING FORCES; FORMATION ENERGIES; GRAPHENE EDGES; GRAPHENE LATTICES;

CALCULATIONS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CUTTING; HARD COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURES; TRANSITION METALS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84898070923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500254u     Document Type: Article

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