Interfacial carbon nanoplatelet formation by ion irradiation of graphene on Iridium(111)

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12208-12218

  Herbig, Charlotte ^a   Åhlgren, E Harriet ^b   Jolie, Wouter ^a   Busse, Carsten ^a   Kotakoski, Jani ^b,c   Krasheninnikov, Arkady V ^d   Michely, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

DFT; graphene; graphene nanoplatelets; ion irradiation; molecular dynamics; STM; trapping yield

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; INERT GASES; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IRIDIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; DEFECT PRODUCTION; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PRECISE CONTROL; SPUTTERING YIELDS; TRAPPING YIELD;

IONS;

EID: 84919741399     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503874n     Document Type: Article

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