Transition metals on the (0 0 0 1) surface of graphite: Fundamental aspects of adsorption, diffusion, and morphology

Progress in Surface Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 219-238

  Appy, David ^a   Lei, Huaping ^a,c   Wang, Cai Zhuang ^a   Tringides, Michael C ^a   Liu, Da Jiang ^a   Evans, James W ^a   Thiel, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Diffusion; Graphene; Graphite; Nucleation; Transition metal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; TRANSITION METALS;

METAL CLUSTER; METAL-ON-METAL; TRANSITION METAL ATOMS;

SURFACE DEFECTS; ADSORPTION;

EID: 84908673593     PISSN: 00796816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2014.08.001     Document Type: Review

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