Substrate-induced stabilization and reconstruction of zigzag edges in graphene nanoislands on Ni(111)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4072-4078

  Garcia Lekue, A ^a,b   Olle M ^c,d   Sanchez Portal, D ^a,e   Palacios, J J ^f,g   Mugarza, A ^c   Ceballos, G ^c   Gambardella, P ^c,d,h  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^h INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CARBON ATOMS; EDGE RECONSTRUCTION; EDGE STRUCTURES; NANO-ISLANDS; NI(111); STM IMAGES; ZIGZAG EDGES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923975606     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511069y     Document Type: Article

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