Bottom-up approach for the low-cost synthesis of graphene-alumina nanosheet interfaces using bimetallic alloys

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Omiciuolo, Luca ^a   Hernández, Eduardo R ^b   Miniussi, Elisa ^a   Orlando, Fabrizio ^a   Lacovig, Paolo ^c   Lizzit, Silvano ^c   Menteş, Tevfik Onur ^c   Locatelli, Andrea ^c   Larciprete, Rosanna ^d   Bianchi, Marco ^e   Ulstrup, Søren ^e   Hofmann, Philip ^e   Alfè, Dario ^f,g   Baraldi, Alessandro ^a,c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^h LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOSHEET; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKENE; ALLOY; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MOBILITY;

ARTICLE; COST; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; EXPOSURE; NANOFABRICATION; OXIDATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPOR;

EID: 84923329368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6062     Document Type: Article

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