Atomic level spatial variations of energy states along graphene edges

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6155-6159

  Warner, Jamie H ^a   Lin, Yung Chang ^b   He, Kuang ^a   Koshino, Masanori ^b   Suenaga, Kazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon; Edge states; EELS; Graphene; STEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ATOMIC BONDING; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; EDGE STATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC FINGERPRINTS; STEM;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84910150198     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5023095     Document Type: Article

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