Quasi-free-standing graphene monolayer on a Ni crystal through spontaneous Na intercalation

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Park, Young S ^a   Park, Jae H ^b   Hwang, Han N ^b   Laishram, Tomba Singh ^a   Kim, Kwang S ^a   Kang, Myung H ^b   Hwang, Chan C ^b  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational physics; Condensed matter physics; Graphene

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; NICKEL; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RECOVERY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SUBSTRATES;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS; CORE LEVEL PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE SUBSTRATES; INTERCALATION PROCESS; QUASI-FREE STANDING GRAPHENE; SURFACE ADSORPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84922688513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031016     Document Type: Article

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