Structural consequences of hydrogen intercalation of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Emery, Jonathan D ^a   Wheeler, Virginia H ^b   Johns, James E ^a   McBriarty, Martin E ^a   Detlefs, Blanka ^c   Hersam, Mark C ^a   Kurt Gaskill, D ^b   Bedzyk, Michael J ^a,d  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN INTERCALATION; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERFACIAL LAYER; PRECISE MODELING; UNDER-DETERMINED; X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

CARBON; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SILICON CARBIDE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84908271020     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4899142     Document Type: Article

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