Order-disorder transition in a two-dimensional boron-carbon-nitride alloy

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lu, Jiong ^a,b   Zhang, Kai ^a,b   Liu, Xin Feng ^c   Zhang, Han ^a,b   Sum, Tze Chien ^c   Neto, Antonio H Castro ^a,b   Loh, Kian Ping ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BORON; CARBON; GRAPHENE; METAL; NANORIBBON; NITRIDE; NITRITE; RUTHENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITION; PHASE SEPARATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 84899552693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3681     Document Type: Article

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