The role of the bridging atom in stabilizing odd numbered graphene vacancies

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3972-3980

  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; electron microscopy; Graphene; HRTEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACANCIES;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ACTEM; AMORPHOUS SYSTEMS; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; BOND RECONSTRUCTION; HRTEM; TIGHT BINDING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VACANCY DEFECTS;

ATOMS;

EID: 84903957104     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501320a     Document Type: Article

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