Graphene nucleation from amorphous nickel carbides: QM/MD studies on the role of subsurface carbon density

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11078-11084

  Jiao, Menggai ^a,b   Qian, Hujun ^c   Page, Alister ^d   Li, Kai ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Wu, Zhijian ^a   Irle, Stephan ^e   Morokuma, Keiji ^f  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICKEL; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

AMORPHOUS NICKEL; CARBIDE PHASIS; CARBON DENSITY; CARBON PRECIPITATION; MECHANISM AND KINETICS; NICKEL CARBIDE; NICKEL SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 84901292965     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4123612     Document Type: Article

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