Temperature-activated layer-breathing vibrations in few-layer graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4615-4621

  Lui, Chun Hung ^a   Ye, Zhipeng ^b   Keiser, Courtney ^b   Xiao, Xun ^b,c   He, Rui ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adsorption; few layer; graphene; layer breathing mode; Raman; shear mode

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BREATHING MODES; COUPLED OSCILLATORS; FEW LAYER; LOW-FREQUENCY RAMAN; RAMAN; SHEAR MODES; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; VARYING TEMPERATURE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84906083559     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501678j     Document Type: Article

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